Kaleidoskop
[kalaɪ̯doˈskoːp]
The verdict
“Kaleidoskop” is uncommon German (frequency #61,650 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,650
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Spielzeug aus einer mit Spiegeln versehenen Röhre, das beim Durchschauen und Drehen verschiedenste symmetrische Muster erzeugt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kaleidoskop |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kalaɪ̯doˈskoːp] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #61,650 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kaleidoskop” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kaleidoskop is uncommon German at frequency #61,650 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kalaɪ̯doˈskoːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Kaleidoskop has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kaleidoskop, spelled K-A-L-E-I-D-O-S-K-O-P.
Definition
- 1Spielzeug aus einer mit Spiegeln versehenen Röhre, das beim Durchschauen und Drehen verschiedenste symmetrische Muster erzeugt
- 2bunte Mischung, Allerlei
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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Using “Kaleidoskop”
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- The one correct German spelling is K-A-L-E-I-D-O-S-K-O-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.