Kattowitz

[ˈkatovɪt͡s]

/[ˈkatovɪt͡s]/ name

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The verdict

“Kattowitz” is uncommon German (frequency #64,419 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,419
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in Polen, Hauptstadt der Woiwodschaft Schlesien

Corpus desk

Index DE-kattowitz · Kattowitz · German

Kattowitz · rank #64,419 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,419
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kataster

Nearest frequency peer: Kataster (-2 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 „Kattowitz“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kattowitz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kattowitz
PropertyValue
HeadwordKattowitz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈkatovɪt͡s]
Letters9
Frequency rank#64,419
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kattowitz“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Kattowitzfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kataster“ (#64,417), „Kennern“ (#64,421), „killed“ (#64,422). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kattowitz“ bei #64,419. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kattowitz is uncommon German at frequency #64,419 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈkatovɪt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt in Polen, Hauptstadt der Woiwodschaft Schlesien".

Kattowitz doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kattowitz, spelled K-A-T-T-O-W-I-T-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in Polen, Hauptstadt der Woiwodschaft Schlesien

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Kattowitz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der Bismarckturm in Kattowitz war ein Aussichtsturm, der 1903 auf der Beatenhöhe im Südpark als Denkmal für Otto von Bismarck errichtet wurde.“

This word in other languages

Katowice(English)Katowice(Español)Katowice(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kattowitz"?
"Kattowitz" is spelled K-A-T-T-O-W-I-T-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkatovɪt͡s].
What does "Kattowitz" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kattowitz" means: Stadt in Polen, Hauptstadt der Woiwodschaft Schlesien
How do you pronounce "Kattowitz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kattowitz" is [ˈkatovɪt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kattowitz" come from?
"Kattowitz" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kattowitz", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kabellose#64,410Jungspund#64,407korrektiv#64,446lahmlegen#64,463

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list