Kehlkopf
[ˈkeːlˌkɔp͡f]
The verdict
“Kehlkopf” is uncommon German (frequency #53,818 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,818
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Organ im Hals, das am oberen Ende der Luftröhre sitzt und diese beim Schlucken verschließt
Corpus desk
Index DE-kehlkopf · Kehlkopf · German
Kehlkopf · rank #53,818 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,818
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kde
Nearest frequency peer: kde (-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 „Kehlkopf“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kantinen
Kantinen
46,186 corpus weight
- kde
kde
46,184 corpus weight
- Kehlkopf
Kehlkopf
46,183 corpus weight
- Kinderlieder
Kinderlieder
46,182 corpus weight
- Kinderschutz
Kinderschutz
46,181 corpus weight
- Kirchenschi…
Kirchenschiff
46,180 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kehlkopf“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kehlkopf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkeːlˌkɔp͡f] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kehlkopf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kehlkopf is uncommon German at frequency #53,818 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkeːlˌkɔp͡f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Organ im Hals, das am oberen Ende der Luftröhre sitzt und diese beim Schlucken verschließt".
Kehlkopf has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kehlkopf, spelled K-E-H-L-K-O-P-F.
Definition
- 1Organ im Hals, das am oberen Ende der Luftröhre sitzt und diese beim Schlucken verschließt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kehlkopf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Glottis (Stimmritze) als Teil des Kehlkopfes ist wichtig bei der Bildung von Lauten.
„In zweiter Linie dient der Kehlkopf als Stimmorgan der Erzeugung von Tönen, der Phonation, und ist somit essentiell für die Produktion gesprochener Sprache.“
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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