Katholische Könige

/[kaˈtoːlɪʃə ˈkøːnɪɡə]/ phrase

The verdict

“Katholische Könige” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
18
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: 1496 von Papst Papst Alexander VI. dem spanischen Herrscherpaar Isabella von Kastilien (* 1451 † 1504) und Ferdinand von Arágon (* 1452 † 1516), verliehener Ehrentitel, nachdem es den beiden Herrsc...

Key facts for Katholische Könige
PropertyValue
HeadwordKatholische Könige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[kaˈtoːlɪʃə ˈkøːnɪɡə]
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Katholische Könige” sits in German frequency

Katholische Könige falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Katholische Könige is 18 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈtoːlɪʃə ˈkøːnɪɡə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "1496 von Papst Papst Alexander VI. dem spanischen Herrscherpaar Isabella von Kastilien (* 1451 † 1504) und Ferdinand von Arágon (* 1452 † 1516), verliehener Ehrentitel, nachdem es den beiden Herrsc...".

No misspelling variants are generated for Katholische Könige in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Könige, spelled K-A-T-H-O-L-I-S-C-H-E- -K-Ö-N-I-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1496 von Papst Papst Alexander VI. dem spanischen Herrscherpaar Isabella von Kastilien (* 1451 † 1504) und Ferdinand von Arágon (* 1452 † 1516), verliehener Ehrentitel, nachdem es den beiden Herrschern 1492 gelungen war, die letzte maurische Bastion auf der Iberischen Halbinsel, das Königreich Granada, zu erobern und der kastilischen Krone einzuverleiben

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Katholische Könige"?
"Katholische Könige" is spelled K-A-T-H-O-L-I-S-C-H-E- -K-Ö-N-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈtoːlɪʃə ˈkøːnɪɡə].
What does "Katholische Könige" mean?
As a phrase, "Katholische Könige" means: 1496 von Papst Papst Alexander VI. dem spanischen Herrscherpaar Isabella von Kastilien (* 1451 † 1504) und Ferdinand von Arágon (* 1452 † 1516), verliehener Ehrentitel, nachdem es den beiden Herrsc...
How do you pronounce "Katholische Könige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Katholische Könige" is [kaˈtoːlɪʃə ˈkøːnɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “Katholische Könige”

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-S-C-H-E- -K-Ö-N-I-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [kaˈtoːlɪʃə ˈkøːnɪɡə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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