Kirchenlied
[ˈkɪʁçn̩ˌliːt]
The verdict
“Kirchenlied” is uncommon German (frequency #69,416 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,416
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lied, das bei Gottesdiensten gesungen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-kirchenlied · Kirchenlied · German
Kirchenlied · rank #69,416 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,416
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Klavierspielen
Nearest frequency peer: Klavierspielen (+2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Kirchenlied”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kerben
Kerben
30,590 corpus weight
- Kernfusion
Kernfusion
30,589 corpus weight
- Kirchenlied
Kirchenlied
30,585 corpus weight
- Klavierspie…
Klavierspielen
30,583 corpus weight
- Kleinarbeit
Kleinarbeit
30,582 corpus weight
- Klettergerü…
Klettergerüst
30,581 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kirchenlied” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kirchenlied |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɪʁçn̩ˌliːt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,416 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kirchenlied” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kirchenlied is uncommon German at frequency #69,416 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɪʁçn̩ˌliːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lied, das bei Gottesdiensten gesungen wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kirchenlied, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Kirchenlied, spelled K-I-R-C-H-E-N-L-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1Lied, das bei Gottesdiensten gesungen wird
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kirchenlied", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.