Karibikinsel
[kaˈʁiːbɪkˌʔɪnzl̩]
The verdict
“Karibikinsel” is uncommon German (frequency #90,497 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,497
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Amerikanischen Mittelmeer gelegene Insel
Corpus desk
Index DE-karibikinsel · Karibikinsel · German
Karibikinsel · rank #90,497 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,497
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kamellen
Nearest frequency peer: Kamellen (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Karibikinsel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kalligrafie
Kalligrafie
9,507 corpus weight
- kama
kama
9,506 corpus weight
- Kamellen
Kamellen
9,505 corpus weight
- Karibikinsel
Karibikinsel
9,504 corpus weight
- kartiert
kartiert
9,503 corpus weight
- kategorische
kategorische
9,502 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Karibikinsel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Karibikinsel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈʁiːbɪkˌʔɪnzl̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #90,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Karibikinsel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Karibikinsel is uncommon German at frequency #90,497 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈʁiːbɪkˌʔɪnzl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "im Amerikanischen Mittelmeer gelegene Insel".
Karibikinsel has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Karibikinsel, spelled K-A-R-I-B-I-K-I-N-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1im Amerikanischen Mittelmeer gelegene Insel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Karibikinsel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„US-Präsident Donald Trump hat die schwer verwüstete Karibikinsel Puerto Rico besucht.“
„Geboren auf einer Karibikinsel irgendwo zwischen Puerto Rico und Guadeloupe, hatte er als uneheliches Kind eines verkrachten schottischen Adeligen zwar nur wenige Jahre die Inselschule besucht, sich dann aber zum Kontoristen einer Handelsfirma hochgearbeitet.“
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).