Keirin
[ˈkeɪʁɪn]
The verdict
“Keirin” is uncommon German (frequency #94,484 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,484
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disziplin des Bahnradsports, bei der hinter einem Schrittmacher gefahren wird und am Ende ein freier Sprint folgt
Corpus desk
Index DE-keirin · Keirin · German
Keirin · rank #94,484 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,484
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kategorischen
Nearest frequency peer: kategorischen (-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 „Keirin“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kastellaun
Kastellaun
5,520 corpus weight
- katalytische
katalytische
5,519 corpus weight
- kategorisch…
kategorischen
5,518 corpus weight
- Keirin
Keirin
5,517 corpus weight
- Kernphysik
Kernphysik
5,516 corpus weight
- Kinderdörfer
Kinderdörfer
5,515 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Keirin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Keirin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkeɪʁɪn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #94,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Keirin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Keirin is uncommon German at frequency #94,484 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkeɪʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Disziplin des Bahnradsports, bei der hinter einem Schrittmacher gefahren wird und am Ende ein freier Sprint folgt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Keirin, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Keirin, spelled K-E-I-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1Disziplin des Bahnradsports, bei der hinter einem Schrittmacher gefahren wird und am Ende ein freier Sprint folgt
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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