Kochmütze

[ˈkɔxˌmʏt͡sə]

/[ˈkɔxˌmʏt͡sə]/ noun

The verdict

“Kochmütze” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur Berufskleidung gehörende Kopfbedeckung für Berufsköche

Corpus desk

Index DE-kochmutze · Kochmütze · German

Kochmütze · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "K" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Kochmütze
PropertyValue
HeadwordKochmütze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɔxˌmʏt͡sə]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kochmütze“ im Deutschen

Kochmützeliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kochmütze is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɔxˌmʏt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zur Berufskleidung gehörende Kopfbedeckung für Berufsköche".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kochmütze, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Kochmütze, spelled K-O-C-H-M-Ü-T-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    zur Berufskleidung gehörende Kopfbedeckung für Berufsköche

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Kochmütze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Gerne würde ich auch mal so eine schöne weiße, ganz hohe Kochmütze tragen.
  2. „Unter der weißen Kochmütze bilden sich Schweißperlen auf der Stirn von Olivier Demol. Mit einem Plastikschaber rührt er in einem großen Bottich voll flüssiger Schokolade.“

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kochmütze"?
"Kochmütze" is spelled K-O-C-H-M-Ü-T-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɔxˌmʏt͡sə].
What does "Kochmütze" mean?
As a noun, "Kochmütze" means: zur Berufskleidung gehörende Kopfbedeckung für Berufsköche
How do you pronounce "Kochmütze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kochmütze" is [ˈkɔxˌmʏt͡sə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kochmütze" come from?
"Kochmütze" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list