Kernfusion
[ˈkɛʁnfuˌzi̯oːn]
The verdict
“Kernfusion” is uncommon German (frequency #69,412 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,412
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verschmelzung leichter Atomkerne zu einem schwereren
Corpus desk
Index DE-kernfusion · Kernfusion · German
Kernfusion · rank #69,412 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,412
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Kerben
Nearest frequency peer: Kerben (-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 “Kernfusion”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kasachischen
Kasachischen
30,594 corpus weight
- Kaufmannsch…
Kaufmannschaft
30,593 corpus weight
- Kellerraum
Kellerraum
30,592 corpus weight
- Kerben
Kerben
30,590 corpus weight
- Kernfusion
Kernfusion
30,589 corpus weight
- Kirchenlied
Kirchenlied
30,585 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kernfusion” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kernfusion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɛʁnfuˌzi̯oːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kernfusion” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kernfusion is uncommon German at frequency #69,412 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɛʁnfuˌzi̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verschmelzung leichter Atomkerne zu einem schwereren".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kernfusion, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Kernfusion, spelled K-E-R-N-F-U-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Verschmelzung leichter Atomkerne zu einem schwereren
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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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 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.