Knöcheln
[ˈknœçl̩n]
The verdict
“Knöcheln” is uncommon German (frequency #74,779 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,779
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Knöchel
Corpus desk
Index DE-knocheln · Knöcheln · German
Knöcheln · rank #74,779 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,779
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH knurrte
Nearest frequency peer: knurrte (-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 „Knöcheln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Klobrille
Klobrille
25,224 corpus weight
- knurrte
knurrte
25,223 corpus weight
- Knöcheln
Knöcheln
25,222 corpus weight
- Koje
Koje
25,221 corpus weight
- Kolumnisten
Kolumnisten
25,220 corpus weight
- kombinierter
kombinierter
25,219 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Knöcheln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Knöcheln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈknœçl̩n] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Knöcheln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Knöcheln is uncommon German at frequency #74,779 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈknœçl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Knöchel".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Knöcheln, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Knöcheln, spelled K-N-Ö-C-H-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Knöchel
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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