Kalkar
[ˈkalkaʁ]
The verdict
“Kalkar” is uncommon German (frequency #73,676 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,676
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-kalkar · Kalkar · German
Kalkar · rank #73,676 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,676
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Kampfflugzeug
Nearest frequency peer: Kampfflugzeug (+2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Kalkar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- jämmerlichen
jämmerlichen
26,330 corpus weight
- Kabaretts
Kabaretts
26,329 corpus weight
- Kaffeesatz
Kaffeesatz
26,328 corpus weight
- Kalkar
Kalkar
26,325 corpus weight
- Kampfflugze…
Kampfflugzeug
26,323 corpus weight
- Kartenspiele
Kartenspiele
26,321 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kalkar” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kalkar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkalkaʁ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,676 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kalkar” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kalkar is uncommon German at frequency #73,676 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈkalkaʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kalkar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kalkar, spelled K-A-L-K-A-R.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kalkar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.