Kavaliersdelikt
[kavaˈliːɐ̯sdeˌlɪkt]
The verdict
“Kavaliersdelikt” is uncommon German (frequency #65,400 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,400
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine geringfügige Regelüberschreitung, die allgemein moralisch nicht beanstandet wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kavaliersdelikt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kavaˈliːɐ̯sdeˌlɪkt] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #65,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kavaliersdelikt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kavaliersdelikt is uncommon German at frequency #65,400 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kavaˈliːɐ̯sdeˌlɪkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine geringfügige Regelüberschreitung, die allgemein moralisch nicht beanstandet wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kavaliersdelikt in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kavaliersdelikt, spelled K-A-V-A-L-I-E-R-S-D-E-L-I-K-T.
Definition
- 1eine geringfügige Regelüberschreitung, die allgemein moralisch nicht beanstandet wird
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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 “Kavaliersdelikt”
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- The one correct German spelling is K-A-V-A-L-I-E-R-S-D-E-L-I-K-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.