Karwoche
[ˈkaːɐ̯ˌvɔxə]
The verdict
“Karwoche” is uncommon German (frequency #73,681 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,681
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Woche vor Ostern mit dem Gründonnerstag, dem Karfreitag und dem „liturgisch toten“ Karsamstag (Christus liegt im Grab, Tag der Grabesruhe Christi)
Corpus desk
Index DE-karwoche · Karwoche · German
Karwoche · rank #73,681 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,681
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Kartenspiele
Nearest frequency peer: Kartenspiele (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Karwoche”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kalkar
Kalkar
26,325 corpus weight
- Kampfflugze…
Kampfflugzeug
26,323 corpus weight
- Kartenspiele
Kartenspiele
26,321 corpus weight
- Karwoche
Karwoche
26,320 corpus weight
- kassiere
kassiere
26,319 corpus weight
- Katzenklo
Katzenklo
26,318 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Karwoche” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Karwoche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaːɐ̯ˌvɔxə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,681 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Karwoche” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Karwoche is uncommon German at frequency #73,681 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkaːɐ̯ˌvɔxə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Woche vor Ostern mit dem Gründonnerstag, dem Karfreitag und dem „liturgisch toten“ Karsamstag (Christus liegt im Grab, Tag der Grabesruhe Christi)".
Karwoche doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Karwoche, spelled K-A-R-W-O-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1die Woche vor Ostern mit dem Gründonnerstag, dem Karfreitag und dem „liturgisch toten“ Karsamstag (Christus liegt im Grab, Tag der Grabesruhe Christi)
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Karwoche", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.