Kavalier
[kavaˈliːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Kavalier” is uncommon German (frequency #59,789 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,789
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ritterlicher, vornehmer Mann
Corpus desk
Index DE-kavalier · Kavalier · German
Kavalier · rank #59,789 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,789
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kausalen
Nearest frequency peer: kausalen (-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 „Kavalier“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kasus
Kasus
40,215 corpus weight
- kausalen
kausalen
40,213 corpus weight
- Kavalier
Kavalier
40,212 corpus weight
- keramischen
keramischen
40,211 corpus weight
- Kernwaffen
Kernwaffen
40,210 corpus weight
- Kims
Kims
40,209 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kavalier“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kavalier |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kavaˈliːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kavalier“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kavalier is uncommon German at frequency #59,789 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kavaˈliːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ritterlicher, vornehmer Mann".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kavalier in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kavalier, spelled K-A-V-A-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1ritterlicher, vornehmer Mann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kavalier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ist ein richtiger Kavalier.
„Sie hat einen zahlungskräftigen Kavalier älteren Jahrgangs, einen Börsianer, den sie ausbeutet.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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