Katarakt
[kataˈʁakt]
The verdict
“Katarakt” is uncommon German (frequency #86,672 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,672
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stelle, an der ein Fließgewässer eine Stromschnelle oder einen Wasserfall bildet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Katarakt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kataˈʁakt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Katarakt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Katarakt is uncommon German at frequency #86,672 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kataˈʁakt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stelle, an der ein Fließgewässer eine Stromschnelle oder einen Wasserfall bildet".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Katarakt, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Katarakt, spelled K-A-T-A-R-A-K-T.
Definition
- 1Stelle, an der ein Fließgewässer eine Stromschnelle oder einen Wasserfall bildet
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 “Katarakt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-T-A-R-A-K-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kataˈʁakt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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Data Source
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.