Kautabak
[ˈkaʊ̯ˌtabak]
The verdict
“Kautabak” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - „saucierter Tabak zum Kauen“
Corpus desk
Index DE-kautabak · Kautabak · German
Kautabak · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Kautabak |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaʊ̯ˌtabak] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kautabak“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kautabak is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkaʊ̯ˌtabak]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "„saucierter Tabak zum Kauen“".
Kautabak doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kautabak, spelled K-A-U-T-A-B-A-K.
Definition
- 1„saucierter Tabak zum Kauen“
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kautabak appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Für jeden zehn Zigarren, zwanzig Zigaretten und zwei Stück Kautabak, das ist sehr anständig.“
„Dort waren sie sicher, sie hielten als Kautabak auch viel länger vor, und so habe ich denn, trotz meines anfänglichen Ekels, auf diese Weise endgültig das Priemen gelernt.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.