Kantonsrat
[kanˈtoːnsˌʁaːt]
The verdict
“Kantonsrat” is uncommon German (frequency #60,721 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,721
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mit der Verfassung- und Gesetzgebung betraute Versammlung in den Kantonen Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Luzern, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Zug und Zürich
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kantonsrat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kanˈtoːnsˌʁaːt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,721 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kantonsrat” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kantonsrat is uncommon German at frequency #60,721 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kanˈtoːnsˌʁaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Kantonsrat has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 Kantonsrat, spelled K-A-N-T-O-N-S-R-A-T.
Definition
- 1mit der Verfassung- und Gesetzgebung betraute Versammlung in den Kantonen Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Luzern, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Zug und Zürich
- 2Abgeordneter in einem der Parlamente
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 “Kantonsrat”
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- The one correct German spelling is K-A-N-T-O-N-S-R-A-T - 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.