knockout

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The verdict

“knockout” is uncommon German (frequency #64,431 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,431
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Vorgang, einen Gegner zu Boden zu bringen und dieser kommt innerhalb von 10 Sekunden nicht wieder auf die Beine; Knockout

Corpus desk

Index DE-knockout · knockout · German

knockout · rank #64,431 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,431
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH knistert

Nearest frequency peer: knistert (-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 „knockout“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „knockout“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for knockout
PropertyValue
Headwordknockout
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#64,431
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „knockout“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.knockoutfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „knistert“ (#64,430), „Kochkurs“ (#64,432), „Kniffe“ (#64,429). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „knockout“ bei #64,431. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

knockout is uncommon German at frequency #64,431 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for knockout, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is knockout, spelled K-N-O-C-K-O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Vorgang, einen Gegner zu Boden zu bringen und dieser kommt innerhalb von 10 Sekunden nicht wieder auf die Beine; Knockout
  2. 2
    ein Wettkampf, bei dem nur der Gewinner eines Matches eine Runde weiter kommt; Ausscheidungswettkampf
  3. 3
    ein sehr attraktives Äußeres; Wucht, Knaller

Synonyms

beauty

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "knockout"?
"knockout" is spelled K-N-O-C-K-O-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "knockout" mean?
As a noun, "knockout" means: der Vorgang, einen Gegner zu Boden zu bringen und dieser kommt innerhalb von 10 Sekunden nicht wieder auf die Beine; Knockout
How do you pronounce "knockout"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "knockout" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "knockout" come from?
"knockout" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "knockout", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

knistert#64,430Kochkurs#64,432Kohärenz#64,434Kataster#64,417

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list