Kapitalverbrechen
[kapiˈtaːlfɛɐ̯ˌbʁɛçn̩]
The verdict
“Kapitalverbrechen” is uncommon German (frequency #80,548 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,548
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - schwerwiegendes Verbrechen (wie Mord oder Ähnliches), das früher mit dem Tod bestraft wurde
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kapitalverbrechen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kapiˈtaːlfɛɐ̯ˌbʁɛçn̩] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #80,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kapitalverbrechen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kapitalverbrechen is uncommon German at frequency #80,548 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kapiˈtaːlfɛɐ̯ˌbʁɛçn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schwerwiegendes Verbrechen (wie Mord oder Ähnliches), das früher mit dem Tod bestraft wurde".
Kapitalverbrechen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kapitalverbrechen, spelled K-A-P-I-T-A-L-V-E-R-B-R-E-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1schwerwiegendes Verbrechen (wie Mord oder Ähnliches), das früher mit dem Tod bestraft wurde
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 “Kapitalverbrechen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-P-I-T-A-L-V-E-R-B-R-E-C-H-E-N - 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.