Katana
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The verdict
“Katana” is uncommon German (frequency #74,759 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,759
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - japanisches Langschwert
Corpus desk
Index DE-katana · Katana · German
Katana · rank #74,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,759
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH katapultieren
Nearest frequency peer: katapultieren (+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 „Katana“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kao
kao
25,246 corpus weight
- Kapitänin
Kapitänin
25,245 corpus weight
- karierten
karierten
25,244 corpus weight
- Katana
Katana
25,242 corpus weight
- katapultier…
katapultieren
25,241 corpus weight
- keuchen
keuchen
25,238 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Katana“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Katana |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Katana“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Katana is uncommon German at frequency #74,759 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "japanisches Langschwert".
No misspelling variants are generated for Katana in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Katana, spelled K-A-T-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1japanisches Langschwert
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Katana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er will unbedingt ein original Katana aus scharf gefaltetem Stahl besitzen.
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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