Kategorie

/[ˌkateɡoˈʁiː]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,160

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Kategorie is aGermannoun. It means: Einheit zum Einordnen und Auffinden von Personen, Sachen, Sachverhalten, Begriffen und anderem Pronounced [ˌkateɡoˈʁiː]. It ranks #2,160 in German word frequency. Often confused with Kategorien.

Key facts for Kategorie
PropertyValue
HeadwordKategorie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌkateɡoˈʁiː]
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,160
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Kategorie in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Kategorie is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌkateɡoˈʁiː]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,160 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Einheit zum Einordnen und Auffinden von Personen, Sachen, Sachverhalten, Begriffen und anderem".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Kategorie, with forms such as "aktegorie", "kaetgorie", and "kateggorie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Kategorien", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Kategorie, spelled K-A-T-E-G-O-R-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Einheit zum Einordnen und Auffinden von Personen, Sachen, Sachverhalten, Begriffen und anderem

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aktegorie,kaetgorie,kateggorie,kategoire,kategorei,kategorrie,kategroie,kateogrie,katgeorie,kattegorie,kkategorie,ktaegorie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Kategorie

Misspelling Variants of "Kategorie"

aktegorie9kaetgorie9kateggorie10kategoire9kategorei9kategorrie10kategroie9kateogrie9
Misspelling Variants of "Kategorie"

Frequency rank: #2,160 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kategorie"?
"Kategorie" is spelled K-A-T-E-G-O-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌkateɡoˈʁiː].
What does "Kategorie" mean?
As a noun, "Kategorie" means: Einheit zum Einordnen und Auffinden von Personen, Sachen, Sachverhalten, Begriffen und anderem
What words are commonly confused with "Kategorie"?
"Kategorie" is commonly confused with "Kategorien". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kategorie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kategorie" is [ˌkateɡoˈʁiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kategorie" come from?
"Kategorie" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.