Kaskade
[kasˈkaːdə]
The verdict
“Kaskade” is an uncommon German word, ranked #76,953 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #76,953
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - stufenförmiger Wasserfall
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kaskade |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kasˈkaːdə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #76,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kaskade” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Kaskade is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kasˈkaːdə]. Corpus data places it at rank #76,953 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kaskade, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kaskade, spelled K-A-S-K-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1stufenförmiger Wasserfall
- 2Gerät zur automatischen Ausgabe von Getränken
- 3gewagter Sprung
- 4Grundmuster mit einer ungeraden Anzahl von Objekten
- 5in Stufen mit rasch zunehmender Teilchenzahl ablaufender Prozess
- 6Abfolge von Reaktionen oder Einzelschritten in einem Stoffwechselweg
- 7Anordnung hintereinander geschalteter Reaktionsgefäße
- 8Reihenschaltung gleich gearteter Teile in der Elektrotechnik
Synonyms
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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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Using “Kaskade”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-S-K-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kasˈkaːdə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.