Ketzerei
[ˌkɛt͡səˈʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Ketzerei” is uncommon German (frequency #57,147 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,147
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abweichung von der gültigen Lehre
Corpus desk
Index DE-ketzerei · Ketzerei · German
Ketzerei · rank #57,147 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,147
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kernaussage
Nearest frequency peer: Kernaussage (-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 „Ketzerei“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kemp
kemp
42,857 corpus weight
- Kernaussage
Kernaussage
42,855 corpus weight
- Ketzerei
Ketzerei
42,854 corpus weight
- Kindersolda…
Kindersoldaten
42,853 corpus weight
- kindgerechte
kindgerechte
42,852 corpus weight
- kindische
kindische
42,851 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ketzerei“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ketzerei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌkɛt͡səˈʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,147 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ketzerei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ketzerei is uncommon German at frequency #57,147 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌkɛt͡səˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ketzerei, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ketzerei, spelled K-E-T-Z-E-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1Abweichung von der gültigen Lehre
- 2unerhörte Abweichung von der gemeingültigen Meinung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ketzerei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Diesem Verein war es auferlegt, die Ketzerei, mit welchen Mitteln auch immer, zu zerschlagen.“
„Unser eigentliches Vergehen und Verbrechen ist unsere Ketzerei gegen das Dogma.“
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.
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