kite
[ˈkaɪ̯tə]
The verdict
“kite” is uncommon German (frequency #74,769 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,769
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-kite · kite · German
kite · rank #74,769 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,769
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kinobesuch
Nearest frequency peer: Kinobesuch (-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 „kite“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kinderporno
Kinderporno
25,235 corpus weight
- Kinobesuch
Kinobesuch
25,233 corpus weight
- kite
kite
25,232 corpus weight
- klanglichen
klanglichen
25,231 corpus weight
- klarste
klarste
25,230 corpus weight
- Klassenräum…
Klassenräumen
25,229 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kite“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kite |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkaɪ̯tə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #74,769 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kite“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kite is uncommon German at frequency #74,769 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkaɪ̯tə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
kite has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is kite, spelled K-I-T-E.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kiten
- 21. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kiten
- 31. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kiten
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kiten
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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