Keilerei
[kaɪ̯ləˈʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Keilerei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - handgreifliche Auseinandersetzung
Corpus desk
Index DE-keilerei · Keilerei · German
Keilerei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Keilerei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaɪ̯ləˈʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Keilerei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Keilerei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaɪ̯ləˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "handgreifliche Auseinandersetzung".
Keilerei doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Keilerei, spelled K-E-I-L-E-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1handgreifliche Auseinandersetzung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Keilerei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wegen einer Keilerei in der Kneipe musste die Polizei ausrücken.
„Bislang war das Ganze eine Keilerei, aber jetzt wird es ernst.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.