Kartusche
[kaʁˈtʊʃə]
The verdict
“Kartusche” is uncommon German (frequency #58,002 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,002
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Behälter für verschiedene Gegenstände
Corpus desk
Index DE-kartusche · Kartusche · German
Kartusche · rank #58,002 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,002
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kartellrecht
Nearest frequency peer: Kartellrecht (-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 „Kartusche“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- karbon
karbon
42,003 corpus weight
- Karol
Karol
42,002 corpus weight
- Karteikarten
Karteikarten
42,001 corpus weight
- Kartellrecht
Kartellrecht
42,000 corpus weight
- Kartusche
Kartusche
41,999 corpus weight
- Kaufs
Kaufs
41,997 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kartusche“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kartusche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaʁˈtʊʃə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kartusche“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kartusche is uncommon German at frequency #58,002 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaʁˈtʊʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kartusche, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kartusche, spelled K-A-R-T-U-S-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1ein Behälter für verschiedene Gegenstände
- 2Rahmen für etwas
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kartusche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kartuschen sind Behälter für Toner.
Die Kartusche in der Bildende Kunst kann ein Zierrahmen am Gebäude darstellen.
This word in other languages
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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