Keuchhusten

[ˈkɔɪ̯çˌhuːstn̩]

/[ˈkɔɪ̯çˌhuːstn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Keuchhusten” is uncommon German (frequency #61,659 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,659
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bakterielle Infektionskrankheit, die starke Hustenanfälle verursacht

Corpus desk

Index DE-keuchhusten · Keuchhusten · German

Keuchhusten · rank #61,659 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,659
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH keusch

Nearest frequency peer: keusch (+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 „Keuchhusten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Keuchhusten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Keuchhusten
PropertyValue
HeadwordKeuchhusten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɔɪ̯çˌhuːstn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#61,659
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Keuchhusten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Keuchhustenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „keusch“ (#61,660), „Kernthemen“ (#61,657), „kerngesund“ (#61,656). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Keuchhusten“ bei #61,659. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Keuchhusten is uncommon German at frequency #61,659 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɔɪ̯çˌhuːstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bakterielle Infektionskrankheit, die starke Hustenanfälle verursacht".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Keuchhusten, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Keuchhusten, spelled K-E-U-C-H-H-U-S-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    bakterielle Infektionskrankheit, die starke Hustenanfälle verursacht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Keuchhusten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Für Säuglinge kann Keuchhusten lebensbedrohlich sein.
  2. „Nur, mit ihrem eigenen Glauben daran schien es nicht gar so weit her zu sein, denn sie bekamen Masern, Keuchhusten und Windpocken.“

Synonyms

StickhustenPertussis

This word in other languages

whooping cough(English)tos ferina(Español)coqueluche(Français)coqueluche(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Keuchhusten"?
"Keuchhusten" is spelled K-E-U-C-H-H-U-S-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɔɪ̯çˌhuːstn̩].
What does "Keuchhusten" mean?
As a noun, "Keuchhusten" means: bakterielle Infektionskrankheit, die starke Hustenanfälle verursacht
How do you pronounce "Keuchhusten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Keuchhusten" is [ˈkɔɪ̯çˌhuːstn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Keuchhusten" come from?
"Keuchhusten" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Keuchhusten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kinderaugen#61,662Kaleidoskop#61,650Klarinetten#61,668Konnotation#61,672

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list