katholische

/[kaˈtoːlɪʃə]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,365

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

katholische is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs katholisch Pronounced [kaˈtoːlɪʃə]. It ranks #4,365 in German word frequency. Often confused with katholischen and katholischer.

Key facts for katholische
PropertyValue
Headwordkatholische
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[kaˈtoːlɪʃə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#4,365
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for katholische is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈtoːlɪʃə]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,365 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for katholische, with forms such as "aktholische", "kahtolische", and "kathholische". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "katholischen", "katholischer", "katholisches", and more, 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 katholische, spelled K-A-T-H-O-L-I-S-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs katholisch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs katholisch
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs katholisch
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs katholisch
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs katholisch
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs katholisch
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs katholisch
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs katholisch
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs katholisch
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs katholisch
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs katholisch

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aktholische,kahtolische,kathholische,kathloische,kathoilsche,katholicshe,katholiscche,katholisceh,katholischhe,katholishce,katholissche,kathollische,katholsiche,katohlische,kattholische,kkatholische,ktaholische

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for katholische

Misspelling Variants of "katholische"

aktholische11kahtolische11kathholische12kathloische11kathoilsche11katholicshe11katholiscche12katholisceh11
Misspelling Variants of "katholische"

Frequency rank: #4,365 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "katholische"?
"katholische" is spelled K-A-T-H-O-L-I-S-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈtoːlɪʃə].
What does "katholische" mean?
As an adj, "katholische" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs katholisch
What words are commonly confused with "katholische"?
"katholische" is commonly confused with "katholischen", "katholischer", "katholisches". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "katholische"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "katholische" is [kaˈtoːlɪʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "katholische" come from?
"katholische" 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.