Kelkheim

[ˈkɛlkˌhaɪ̯m]

/[ˈkɛlkˌhaɪ̯m]/ name

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The verdict

“Kelkheim” is uncommon German (frequency #81,731 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,731
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-kelkheim · Kelkheim · German

Kelkheim · rank #81,731 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,731
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH katt

Nearest frequency peer: katt (-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 „Kelkheim“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kelkheim
PropertyValue
HeadwordKelkheim
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈkɛlkˌhaɪ̯m]
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,731
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kelkheim“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Kelkheimfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „katt“ (#81,730), „Kellerräume“ (#81,732), „Katholikin“ (#81,729). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kelkheim“ bei #81,731. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kelkheim is uncommon German at frequency #81,731 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈkɛlkˌhaɪ̯m]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Kelkheim in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kelkheim, spelled K-E-L-K-H-E-I-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Kelkheim liegt im Süden von Hessen.
  2. „Bis 1997 fand zudem einmal im Jahr in Kelkheim eine überregional bedeutende Möbelausstellung statt.“

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 "Kelkheim"?
"Kelkheim" is spelled K-E-L-K-H-E-I-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɛlkˌhaɪ̯m].
What does "Kelkheim" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kelkheim" means: eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Kelkheim"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kelkheim" is [ˈkɛlkˌhaɪ̯m]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kelkheim" come from?
"Kelkheim" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list