Katalanisch
[ˌkataˈlaːnɪʃ]
The verdict
“Katalanisch” is uncommon German (frequency #65,396 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,396
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine romanische Sprache, die im Nordosten Spaniens in den Regionen Katalonien, Valencia, auf den Balearen, in der Gegend von Perpignan (Südfrankreich) in Andorra (dort als Staatssprache) und in der...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Katalanisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌkataˈlaːnɪʃ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #65,396 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Katalanisch” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Katalanisch is uncommon German at frequency #65,396 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌkataˈlaːnɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Katalanisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Katalanisch, spelled K-A-T-A-L-A-N-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1eine romanische Sprache, die im Nordosten Spaniens in den Regionen Katalonien, Valencia, auf den Balearen, in der Gegend von Perpignan (Südfrankreich) in Andorra (dort als Staatssprache) und in der sardischen Hafenstadt Alghero gesprochen wird
- 2gebräuchliche Kurzform von Katalanische Eröffnung
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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 “Katalanisch”
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- The one correct German spelling is K-A-T-A-L-A-N-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.