Katamaran
[ˌkatamaˈʁaːn]
The verdict
“Katamaran” is uncommon German (frequency #62,552 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,552
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein schnelles Segelboot mit Doppelrumpf
Corpus desk
Index DE-katamaran · Katamaran · German
Katamaran · rank #62,552 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,552
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Karriereleiter
Nearest frequency peer: Karriereleiter (-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 „Katamaran“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kanuten
Kanuten
37,452 corpus weight
- karger
karger
37,451 corpus weight
- Karrierelei…
Karriereleiter
37,450 corpus weight
- Katamaran
Katamaran
37,449 corpus weight
- Kinderfest
Kinderfest
37,448 corpus weight
- Kjell
Kjell
37,446 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Katamaran“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Katamaran |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌkatamaˈʁaːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Katamaran“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Katamaran is uncommon German at frequency #62,552 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌkatamaˈʁaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Katamaran has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Katamaran, spelled K-A-T-A-M-A-R-A-N.
Definition
- 1ein schnelles Segelboot mit Doppelrumpf
- 2Handelsschiff in der Bauweise eines Katamarans^([1])
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Katamaran appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Traum eines jeden Segler ist einfach beschrieben: ein Katamaran, viel Speed, eine professionelle Mannschaft und stundenlang auf einer Kufe oder auf den Schwertern auf freier See dahin fliegen, Tage und Wochen lang; Power rund um die Uhr ohne Halt!
„Katamarane sind im Mittelmeer, der Karibik und auf den Routen der Weltumsegler aus gutem Grund weit verbreitet.“
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.
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