karli

[ˈkartlɪ]

/[ˈkartlɪ]/ noun

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The verdict

“karli” is uncommon German (frequency #64,414 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,414
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Singular des Substantivs karl

Corpus desk

Index DE-karli · karli · German

karli · rank #64,414 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,414
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kanntest

Nearest frequency peer: kanntest (-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 „karli“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „karli“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for karli
PropertyValue
Headwordkarli
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkartlɪ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#64,414
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „karli“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.karlifällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kanntest“ (#64,413), „Karnevalisten“ (#64,415), „Kampfpanzer“ (#64,412). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „karli“ bei #64,414. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

karli is uncommon German at frequency #64,414 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkartlɪ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Singular des Substantivs karl".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for karli, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 karli, spelled K-A-R-L-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Singular des Substantivs karl

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "karli"?
"karli" is spelled K-A-R-L-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkartlɪ].
What does "karli" mean?
As a noun, "karli" means: Dativ Singular des Substantivs karl
How do you pronounce "karli"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "karli" is [ˈkartlɪ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "karli" come from?
"karli" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "karli", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Julis#64,405isn't#64,390Indus#64,384Huthi#64,375

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list