Kandis
[ˈkandɪs]
The verdict
“Kandis” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weißer oder brauner Zucker, der an (gezwirnten) Fäden brockenweise auskristallisiert ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-kandis · Kandis · German
Kandis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kandis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkandɪs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kandis“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kandis is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkandɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weißer oder brauner Zucker, der an (gezwirnten) Fäden brockenweise auskristallisiert ist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kandis, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kandis, spelled K-A-N-D-I-S.
Definition
- 1weißer oder brauner Zucker, der an (gezwirnten) Fäden brockenweise auskristallisiert ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kandis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bitte bringen Sie mir Kandis zu meinem Tee.
„Gourmets mischen den Stoff in aromatische Suppen oder (in der Pfanne) unter Kandis, backen Hasch-Plätzchen, Hasch-Florentiner oder gar eine Haschisch-Schokoladentorte.“
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.