Kerala
[ˈkeːʁala]
The verdict
“Kerala” is uncommon German (frequency #82,944 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,944
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - indischer Bundesstaat im Südwesten Indiens
Corpus desk
Index DE-kerala · Kerala · German
Kerala · rank #82,944 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,944
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Ketamin
Nearest frequency peer: Ketamin (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Kerala”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- kaukasischen
kaukasischen
17,062 corpus weight
- Kelche
Kelche
17,059 corpus weight
- Kerala
Kerala
17,057 corpus weight
- Ketamin
Ketamin
17,056 corpus weight
- Kimchi
Kimchi
17,054 corpus weight
- Kindergärtn…
Kindergärtnerinnen
17,053 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kerala” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kerala |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkeːʁala] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,944 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kerala” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kerala is uncommon German at frequency #82,944 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈkeːʁala]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "indischer Bundesstaat im Südwesten Indiens".
Kerala doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kerala, spelled K-E-R-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1indischer Bundesstaat im Südwesten Indiens
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kerala", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.