Kasperl
[ˈkaspɐl]
The verdict
“Kasperl” is uncommon German (frequency #59,785 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,785
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - besonders lustige Hauptfigur eines Puppentheaters, das nach ihm benannt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-kasperl · Kasperl · German
Kasperl · rank #59,785 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,785
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kaschiert
Nearest frequency peer: kaschiert (-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 „Kasperl“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kartells
Kartells
40,219 corpus weight
- Kartierung
Kartierung
40,218 corpus weight
- kaschiert
kaschiert
40,217 corpus weight
- Kasperl
Kasperl
40,216 corpus weight
- Kasus
Kasus
40,215 corpus weight
- kausalen
kausalen
40,213 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kasperl“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kasperl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaspɐl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kasperl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kasperl is uncommon German at frequency #59,785 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkaspɐl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "besonders lustige Hauptfigur eines Puppentheaters, das nach ihm benannt ist".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kasperl in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kasperl, spelled K-A-S-P-E-R-L.
Definition
- 1besonders lustige Hauptfigur eines Puppentheaters, das nach ihm benannt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kasperl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Kasperl und Pezi selbst verkündeten: Der Kulturmanager André Heller wird das Theater kaufen.“
Synonyms
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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