Kautsky

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The verdict

“Kautsky” is uncommon German (frequency #90,502 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,502
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutscher Familienname, Nachname

Corpus desk

Index DE-kautsky · Kautsky · German

Kautsky · rank #90,502 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,502
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kauert

Nearest frequency peer: kauert (-1 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 „Kautsky“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kautsky
PropertyValue
HeadwordKautsky
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#90,502
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kautsky“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kautskyfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kauert“ (#90,501), „kerb“ (#90,503), „Katharinas“ (#90,500). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kautsky“ bei #90,502. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kautsky is uncommon German at frequency #90,502 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutscher Familienname, Nachname".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Kautsky in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kautsky, spelled K-A-U-T-S-K-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    deutscher Familienname, Nachname

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Familie Kautsky zog nach Wien um.“
  2. „Die Essen bei den Kautskys begannen sie anzuöden. “

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 "Kautsky"?
"Kautsky" is spelled K-A-U-T-S-K-Y. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Kautsky" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kautsky" means: deutscher Familienname, Nachname
How do you pronounce "Kautsky"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kautsky" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kautsky" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list