Kanonenfutter
[kaˈnoːnənˌfʊtɐ]
The verdict
“Kanonenfutter” is uncommon German (frequency #68,384 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,384
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - salopp Soldaten, die in einem Krieg rücksichtslos gegenüber der feindlichen Waffenwirkung für wenig Erfolg versprechende militärische Aktionen geopfert werden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kanonenfutter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈnoːnənˌfʊtɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #68,384 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kanonenfutter” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kanonenfutter is uncommon German at frequency #68,384 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈnoːnənˌfʊtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "salopp Soldaten, die in einem Krieg rücksichtslos gegenüber der feindlichen Waffenwirkung für wenig Erfolg versprechende militärische Aktionen geopfert werden".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kanonenfutter in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kanonenfutter, spelled K-A-N-O-N-E-N-F-U-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1salopp Soldaten, die in einem Krieg rücksichtslos gegenüber der feindlichen Waffenwirkung für wenig Erfolg versprechende militärische Aktionen geopfert werden
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 “Kanonenfutter”
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- The one correct German spelling is K-A-N-O-N-E-N-F-U-T-T-E-R - 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.