Kalaschnikow
[kaˈlaʃnikɔf]
The verdict
“Kalaschnikow” is uncommon German (frequency #56,258 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,258
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - automatisches Gewehr mit langem Magazin
Corpus desk
Index DE-kalaschnikow · Kalaschnikow · German
Kalaschnikow · rank #56,258 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,258
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kaisertum
Nearest frequency peer: Kaisertum (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Kalaschnikow“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kabarettist…
Kabarettistin
43,746 corpus weight
- Kaisertum
Kaisertum
43,744 corpus weight
- Kalaschnikow
Kalaschnikow
43,743 corpus weight
- Kalenderwoc…
Kalenderwoche
43,742 corpus weight
- Kalif
Kalif
43,741 corpus weight
- Kartographie
Kartographie
43,740 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kalaschnikow“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kalaschnikow |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈlaʃnikɔf] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #56,258 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kalaschnikow“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kalaschnikow is uncommon German at frequency #56,258 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈlaʃnikɔf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "automatisches Gewehr mit langem Magazin".
Kalaschnikow has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kalaschnikow, spelled K-A-L-A-S-C-H-N-I-K-O-W.
Definition
- 1automatisches Gewehr mit langem Magazin
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kalaschnikow appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Sowjetunion rüstete die Befreiungsbewegungen mit Kalaschnikows aus.
„Der Papierstapel und die Kalaschnikow waren verschwunden.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).