Kassandra

[kaˈsandʁa]

/[kaˈsandʁa]/ name

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The verdict

“Kassandra” is uncommon German (frequency #52,198 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,198
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weiblicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-kassandra · Kassandra · German

Kassandra · rank #52,198 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,198
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kartoffelbrei

Nearest frequency peer: Kartoffelbrei (-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 „Kassandra“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kassandra
PropertyValue
HeadwordKassandra
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[kaˈsandʁa]
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,198
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kassandra“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Kassandrafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kartoffelbrei“ (#52,197), „Karpaten“ (#52,196), „Kenntnisnahme“ (#52,200). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kassandra“ bei #52,198. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kassandra is uncommon German at frequency #52,198 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [kaˈsandʁa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weiblicher Vorname".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kassandra, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Kassandra, spelled K-A-S-S-A-N-D-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Kassandra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Früher gab es im benachbarten Kinderheim eine Kassandra.

This word in other languages

Cassandra(English)Cassandre(Français)

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 "Kassandra"?
"Kassandra" is spelled K-A-S-S-A-N-D-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈsandʁa].
What does "Kassandra" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kassandra" means: weiblicher Vorname
How do you pronounce "Kassandra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kassandra" is [kaˈsandʁa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kassandra" come from?
"Kassandra" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Judenhass#52,188invisible#52,180korrupter#52,218höflicher#52,170

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list