köcheln
[ˈkœçl̩n]
The verdict
“köcheln” is uncommon German (frequency #50,651 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,651
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bei geringer Hitze über eine gewisse Zeit leicht kochen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kocheln · köcheln · German
köcheln · rank #50,651 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,651
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kühlergrill
Nearest frequency peer: Kühlergrill (+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 „köcheln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kulm
kulm
49,354 corpus weight
- Kunstsammlu…
Kunstsammlungen
49,353 corpus weight
- köcheln
köcheln
49,350 corpus weight
- Kühlergrill
Kühlergrill
49,349 corpus weight
- kühner
kühner
49,348 corpus weight
- Lachnummer
Lachnummer
49,347 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „köcheln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | köcheln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkœçl̩n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „köcheln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
köcheln is uncommon German at frequency #50,651 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkœçl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bei geringer Hitze über eine gewisse Zeit leicht kochen".
Zero misspellings are on record for köcheln in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is köcheln, spelled K-Ö-C-H-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1bei geringer Hitze über eine gewisse Zeit leicht kochen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how köcheln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man sollte die Geflügelbrühe in einem Topf mit Deckel etwa eine Stunde lang sanft köcheln lassen.
Die Bolognese köchelt auf dem Herd und muss nur ab und zu umgerührt werden.
Synonyms
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.
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