Kilt
[kɪlt]
The verdict
“Kilt” is uncommon German (frequency #91,810 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,810
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (ursprünglich) von den Schotten getragener, eher kurzer und karierter Rock
Corpus desk
Index DE-kilt · Kilt · German
Kilt · rank #91,810 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,810
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kilometerlang…
Nearest frequency peer: kilometerlangen (-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 „Kilt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kickern
Kickern
8,196 corpus weight
- Kiddy
Kiddy
8,195 corpus weight
- Kieker
Kieker
8,194 corpus weight
- kilometerla…
kilometerlangen
8,192 corpus weight
- Kilt
Kilt
8,191 corpus weight
- kirre
kirre
8,187 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kilt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kilt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɪlt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #91,810 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kilt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kilt is uncommon German at frequency #91,810 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɪlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(ursprünglich) von den Schotten getragener, eher kurzer und karierter Rock".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kilt in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kilt, spelled K-I-L-T.
Definition
- 1(ursprünglich) von den Schotten getragener, eher kurzer und karierter Rock
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kilt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Verbot des britischen Kriegsministers Oliver Stanley, den schottischen Kilt in der britischen Armee zu tragen, löst erhebliche Proteste der schottischen Soldaten aus.“
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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