Kanacke

[kaˈnakə]

/[kaˈnakə]/ noun

The verdict

“Kanacke” is uncommon German (frequency #95,794 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,794
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausländer südländischer Herkunft

Corpus desk

Index DE-kanacke · Kanacke · German

Kanacke · rank #95,794 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,794
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kampfbereit

Nearest frequency peer: kampfbereit (-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 „Kanacke“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kanacke“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kanacke
PropertyValue
HeadwordKanacke
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈnakə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#95,794
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kanacke“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kanackefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kampfbereit“ (#95,793), „Kapillaren“ (#95,795), „Kalli“ (#95,792). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kanacke“ bei #95,794. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kanacke is uncommon German at frequency #95,794 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈnakə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ausländer südländischer Herkunft".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kanacke, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kanacke, spelled K-A-N-A-C-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ausländer südländischer Herkunft

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kanacke"?
"Kanacke" is spelled K-A-N-A-C-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈnakə].
What does "Kanacke" mean?
As a noun, "Kanacke" means: Ausländer südländischer Herkunft
How do you pronounce "Kanacke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kanacke" is [kaˈnakə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kanacke" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kanacke", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list