Kidnapping
[ˈkɪtˌnɛpɪŋ]
The verdict
“Kidnapping” is uncommon German (frequency #74,764 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,764
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entführung
Corpus desk
Index DE-kidnapping · Kidnapping · German
Kidnapping · rank #74,764 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,764
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH keuchen
Nearest frequency peer: keuchen (-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 „Kidnapping“
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 „Kidnapping“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kidnapping |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɪtˌnɛpɪŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kidnapping“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kidnapping is uncommon German at frequency #74,764 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɪtˌnɛpɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entführung".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kidnapping, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kidnapping, spelled K-I-D-N-A-P-P-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Entführung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kidnapping appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nachdem die Eltern von dem Kidnapping erfuhren, gerieten sie in Panik.
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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