Kernschmelze
[ˈkɛʁnˌʃmɛlt͡sə]
The verdict
“Kernschmelze” is uncommon German (frequency #55,463 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,463
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bei Kernreaktoren entsprechender Bauweise das Überhitzen und Zusammenschmelzen der Brennstäbe beim Ausfall der Reaktorkühlung
Corpus desk
Index DE-kernschmelze · Kernschmelze · German
Kernschmelze · rank #55,463 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,463
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH keramische
Nearest frequency peer: keramische (-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 „Kernschmelze“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kamil
Kamil
44,543 corpus weight
- Kartenhaus
Kartenhaus
44,541 corpus weight
- Kathedralen
Kathedralen
44,540 corpus weight
- keramische
keramische
44,539 corpus weight
- Kernschmelze
Kernschmelze
44,538 corpus weight
- Kir
Kir
44,536 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kernschmelze“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kernschmelze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɛʁnˌʃmɛlt͡sə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #55,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kernschmelze“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kernschmelze is uncommon German at frequency #55,463 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɛʁnˌʃmɛlt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bei Kernreaktoren entsprechender Bauweise das Überhitzen und Zusammenschmelzen der Brennstäbe beim Ausfall der Reaktorkühlung".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kernschmelze in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kernschmelze, spelled K-E-R-N-S-C-H-M-E-L-Z-E.
Definition
- 1bei Kernreaktoren entsprechender Bauweise das Überhitzen und Zusammenschmelzen der Brennstäbe beim Ausfall der Reaktorkühlung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kernschmelze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kernschmelze in Tschernobyl führte 1986 zu einer Katastrophe.
„Seit AKWs betrieben werden, ist es bereits mehrfach zu Kernschmelzen gekommen.“
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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