Katholikin
[katoˈliːkɪn]
The verdict
“Katholikin” is uncommon German (frequency #81,729 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,729
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Angehörige der katholischen Kirche
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Katholikin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [katoˈliːkɪn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #81,729 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Katholikin” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Katholikin is uncommon German at frequency #81,729 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [katoˈliːkɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Angehörige der katholischen Kirche".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Katholikin, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Katholikin, spelled K-A-T-H-O-L-I-K-I-N.
Definition
- 1Angehörige der katholischen Kirche
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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 “Katholikin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-T-H-O-L-I-K-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [katoˈliːkɪn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.