Kinderheilkunde
[ˈkɪndɐˌhaɪ̯lkʊndə]
The verdict
“Kinderheilkunde” is uncommon German (frequency #64,424 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,424
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - derjenige Zweig der Medizin, der sich mit der Gesundheit des Kindes beschäftigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-kinderheilkunde · Kinderheilkunde · German
Kinderheilkunde · rank #64,424 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,424
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kinderfilm
Nearest frequency peer: Kinderfilm (-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 „Kinderheilkunde“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kennern
Kennern
35,580 corpus weight
- killed
killed
35,579 corpus weight
- Kinderfilm
Kinderfilm
35,578 corpus weight
- Kinderheilk…
Kinderheilkunde
35,577 corpus weight
- Kleinstädte
Kleinstädte
35,576 corpus weight
- Klinker
Klinker
35,575 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kinderheilkunde“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kinderheilkunde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɪndɐˌhaɪ̯lkʊndə] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #64,424 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kinderheilkunde“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kinderheilkunde is uncommon German at frequency #64,424 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɪndɐˌhaɪ̯lkʊndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "derjenige Zweig der Medizin, der sich mit der Gesundheit des Kindes beschäftigt".
Kinderheilkunde doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kinderheilkunde, spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-H-E-I-L-K-U-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1derjenige Zweig der Medizin, der sich mit der Gesundheit des Kindes beschäftigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kinderheilkunde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der erste Lehrstuhl für Kinderheilkunde in Deutschland wurde erst 1894 mit der Person von Otto Heubner (1843–1926) etabliert, der die Kinderklinik der Charité in Berlin leitete.“
Synonyms
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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