Ketsch
[kɛt͡ʃ]
The verdict
“Ketsch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segelschiffstyp mit zwei Masten
Corpus desk
Index DE-ketsch · Ketsch · German
Ketsch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ketsch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɛt͡ʃ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ketsch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ketsch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɛt͡ʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segelschiffstyp mit zwei Masten".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ketsch in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ketsch, spelled K-E-T-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Segelschiffstyp mit zwei Masten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ketsch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Etwa zwei Stunden später gingen wir mit der Ketsch in der Nordbucht vor Anker.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.