Katarakt
[kataˈʁakt]
The verdict
“Katarakt” is uncommon German (frequency #86,672 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,672
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stelle, an der ein Fließgewässer eine Stromschnelle oder einen Wasserfall bildet
Corpus desk
Index DE-katarakt · Katarakt · German
Katarakt · rank #86,672 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,672
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kastens
Nearest frequency peer: Kastens (-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 „Katarakt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kampfunfähig
kampfunfähig
13,333 corpus weight
- kanadisches
kanadisches
13,332 corpus weight
- Kanüle
Kanüle
13,331 corpus weight
- Kastens
Kastens
13,330 corpus weight
- Katarakt
Katarakt
13,329 corpus weight
- Kaufangebot
Kaufangebot
13,327 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Katarakt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Katarakt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Katarakt is uncommon German at frequency #86,672 among 4,158 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Katarakt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In der Mitte des Kataraktes ragten bizarre Felsen in die Höhe und wirkten aus der Entfernung wie riesige Reptilien aus dem Erdmittelalter.“
„Eine Höhle führte unter einen der Katarakte.“
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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