Kegelbahn
[ˈkeːɡl̩ˌbaːn]
The verdict
“Kegelbahn” is uncommon German (frequency #63,462 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,462
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bahn zum Kegeln, hergestellt aus Asphalt, Holz oder Kunststoff
Corpus desk
Index DE-kegelbahn · Kegelbahn · German
Kegelbahn · rank #63,462 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,462
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kellergeschoss
Nearest frequency peer: Kellergeschoss (+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 „Kegelbahn“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kationen
Kationen
36,542 corpus weight
- kausal
kausal
36,541 corpus weight
- Kegelbahn
Kegelbahn
36,539 corpus weight
- Kellergesch…
Kellergeschoss
36,538 corpus weight
- Kessels
Kessels
36,537 corpus weight
- Kevelaer
Kevelaer
36,536 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kegelbahn“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kegelbahn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkeːɡl̩ˌbaːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,462 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kegelbahn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kegelbahn is uncommon German at frequency #63,462 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkeːɡl̩ˌbaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bahn zum Kegeln, hergestellt aus Asphalt, Holz oder Kunststoff".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kegelbahn in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Kegelbahn, spelled K-E-G-E-L-B-A-H-N.
Definition
- 1Bahn zum Kegeln, hergestellt aus Asphalt, Holz oder Kunststoff
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kegelbahn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kegelbahn wurde gerade von einer Poliermaschine gereinigt.
„Georg Kroll ist knapp vierzig Jahre; aber sein Kopf glänzt bereits wie die Kegelbahn im Gartenrestaurant Boll.“
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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