Kalif
[ˌkaˈliːf]
The verdict
“Kalif” is uncommon German (frequency #56,260 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,260
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nachfolger des Propheten Mohammed, Oberhaupt der moslemischen Gemeinde und weltlicher Herrscher
| 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) |
Where “Kalif” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kalif is uncommon German at frequency #56,260 among 55,078 “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
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 “Kalif”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-L-I-F - 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.