Karacke
[kaˈʁakə]
The verdict
“Karacke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segelschifftyp des ausgehenden Mittelalters und der beginnenden Neuzeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-karacke · Karacke · German
Karacke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Karacke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈʁakə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Karacke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Karacke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈʁakə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segelschifftyp des ausgehenden Mittelalters und der beginnenden Neuzeit".
No misspelling variants are generated for Karacke in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Karacke, spelled K-A-R-A-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1Segelschifftyp des ausgehenden Mittelalters und der beginnenden Neuzeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Karacke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Man hat mir gesagt, diese Karacken segeln vorzüglich vorm Wind, sollen aber schlingern, wenn der Wind von der Seite kommt.“
This word in other languages
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