Katzenminze
[ˈkat͡sn̩ˌmɪnt͡sə]
The verdict
“Katzenminze” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pflanze der Gattung Nepeta aus der Familie der Lippenblütler
Corpus desk
Index DE-katzenminze · Katzenminze · German
Katzenminze · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Katzenminze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkat͡sn̩ˌmɪnt͡sə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Katzenminze“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Katzenminze is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkat͡sn̩ˌmɪnt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pflanze der Gattung Nepeta aus der Familie der Lippenblütler".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Katzenminze, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Katzenminze, spelled K-A-T-Z-E-N-M-I-N-Z-E.
Definition
- 1Pflanze der Gattung Nepeta aus der Familie der Lippenblütler
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Katzenminze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Katzenminze soll auf Katzen sehr anziehend wirken.
This word in other languages
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