Kaufhäusern
[ˈkaʊ̯fˌhɔɪ̯zɐn]
The verdict
“Kaufhäusern” is uncommon German (frequency #72,597 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,597
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Kaufhaus
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kaufhäusern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaʊ̯fˌhɔɪ̯zɐn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #72,597 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kaufhäusern” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kaufhäusern is uncommon German at frequency #72,597 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkaʊ̯fˌhɔɪ̯zɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Kaufhaus".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kaufhäusern, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 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 Kaufhäusern, spelled K-A-U-F-H-Ä-U-S-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Kaufhaus
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 “Kaufhäusern”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-U-F-H-Ä-U-S-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkaʊ̯fˌhɔɪ̯zɐn] (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.