karaoké
[kaʁaɔke]
The verdict
“karaoké” 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) - Karaoke
Corpus desk
Index DE-karaoke · karaoké · German
karaoké · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | karaoké |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaʁaɔke] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „karaoké“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
karaoké is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaʁaɔke]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for karaoké in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is karaoké, spelled K-A-R-A-O-K-É.
Definition
- 1Karaoke
- 2Karaokemaschine
- 3Karaokebar
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.