kanalisieren
[kanaliˈziːʁən]
The verdict
“kanalisieren” is uncommon German (frequency #67,374 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,374
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Anlage zur Wasserabfuhr (Kanalisation) verlegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kanalisieren · kanalisieren · German
kanalisieren · rank #67,374 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,374
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kanadierin
Nearest frequency peer: Kanadierin (-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 „kanalisieren“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kaiserreich…
Kaiserreiches
32,630 corpus weight
- Kanadierin
Kanadierin
32,628 corpus weight
- kanalisieren
kanalisieren
32,627 corpus weight
- Kano
Kano
32,626 corpus weight
- kantige
kantige
32,625 corpus weight
- kapitalisti…
kapitalistisch
32,624 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kanalisieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kanalisieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kanaliˈziːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #67,374 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kanalisieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kanalisieren is uncommon German at frequency #67,374 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kanaliˈziːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for kanalisieren 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is kanalisieren, spelled K-A-N-A-L-I-S-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Anlage zur Wasserabfuhr (Kanalisation) verlegen
- 2ein Thema in bestimmte Bahnen (Kanäle) lenken, damit es auf die so bestimmte Art behandelt werden kann
- 3einen Fluss/Bach naturfern umbauen/in ein Steinbett zwängen; Schleusen/Stauwehre bauen, begradigen, vertiefen, schiffbar machen, unterirdisch in Röhren fließen lassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kanalisieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Neubaugebiet an der Weider-Straße wurde kanalisiert und zunächst mit einer Baustraße erschlossen.
„Mannheim soll langfristig zu einer Schwammstadt werden. Deren Flächen nehmen, wenn es regnet, das Wasser auf und speichern es möglichst lange, anstatt es zu kanalisieren und abzuleiten.“
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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