Kalif
[ˌkaˈliːf]
The verdict
“Kalif” is uncommon German (frequency #56,260 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,260
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nachfolger des Propheten Mohammed, Oberhaupt der moslemischen Gemeinde und weltlicher Herrscher
Corpus desk
Index DE-kalif · Kalif · German
Kalif · rank #56,260 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,260
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kalenderwoche
Nearest frequency peer: Kalenderwoche (-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 „Kalif“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- 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
- Kilowattstu…
Kilowattstunde
43,737 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kalif“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kalif |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌkaˈliːf] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kalif“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kalif is uncommon German at frequency #56,260 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌkaˈliːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kalif in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kalif, spelled K-A-L-I-F.
Definition
- 1Nachfolger des Propheten Mohammed, Oberhaupt der moslemischen Gemeinde und weltlicher Herrscher
- 2Träger des unter [1] genannten Titels
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kalif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Muhammed Metin Kaplan wurde in den Medien als der „Kalif von Köln“ bekannt.
„Dies währte unverändert bis zu der Zeit, da Córdoba seine eigenen Kalifen erhielt, die unabhängig von den Bagdader Kalifen waren.“
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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