Kearney

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The verdict

“Kearney” is uncommon German (frequency #91,803 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,803
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Nebraska

Corpus desk

Index DE-kearney · Kearney · German

Kearney · rank #91,803 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,803
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kaunas

Nearest frequency peer: Kaunas (-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 „Kearney“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kearney
PropertyValue
HeadwordKearney
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,803
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kearney“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Kearneyfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kaunas“ (#91,802), „Kellerkinder“ (#91,804), „Kaulquappen“ (#91,801). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kearney“ bei #91,803. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kearney is uncommon German at frequency #91,803 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Nebraska".

Kearney doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Kearney, spelled K-E-A-R-N-E-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Nebraska

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Als James B. Hansen zwölf Jahre alt gewesen war und noch unter seinem richtigen Namen, den er mittlerweile so gut wie verdrängt hatte, in Kearney, Nebraska, aufwuchs, sah er zum ersten Mal den Tony-Curtis-Film Ein charmanter Hochstapler.“

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 "Kearney"?
"Kearney" is spelled K-E-A-R-N-E-Y. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Kearney" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kearney" means: Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Nebraska
How do you pronounce "Kearney"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kearney" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Kickern#91,805Karosse#91,799Klapper#91,817Komplet#91,828

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list