Kaohsiung

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The verdict

“Kaohsiung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt in Taiwan

Corpus desk

Index DE-kaohsiung · Kaohsiung · German

Kaohsiung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for Kaohsiung
PropertyValue
HeadwordKaohsiung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Kaohsiung” sits in German frequency

Kaohsiung falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kaohsiung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt in Taiwan".

Kaohsiung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kaohsiung, spelled K-A-O-H-S-I-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in Taiwan

This word in other languages

Kaohsiung(English)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kaohsiung"?
"Kaohsiung" is spelled K-A-O-H-S-I-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Kaohsiung" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kaohsiung" means: Stadt in Taiwan
How do you pronounce "Kaohsiung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kaohsiung" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kaohsiung" come from?
"Kaohsiung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list