keuchen
[ˈkɔɪ̯çn̩]
The verdict
“keuchen” is uncommon German (frequency #74,763 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,763
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schwer, mühsam, hörbar atmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-keuchen · keuchen · German
keuchen · rank #74,763 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,763
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kidnapping
Nearest frequency peer: Kidnapping (+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 „keuchen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Katana
Katana
25,242 corpus weight
- katapultier…
katapultieren
25,241 corpus weight
- keuchen
keuchen
25,238 corpus weight
- Kidnapping
Kidnapping
25,237 corpus weight
- Kinderporno
Kinderporno
25,235 corpus weight
- Kinobesuch
Kinobesuch
25,233 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „keuchen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | keuchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkɔɪ̯çn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „keuchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
keuchen is uncommon German at frequency #74,763 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkɔɪ̯çn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schwer, mühsam, hörbar atmen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for keuchen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is keuchen, spelled K-E-U-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1schwer, mühsam, hörbar atmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how keuchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als er endlich über Wasser war, keuchte er noch lange.
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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