Kochsalz
[ˈkɔxˌzalt͡s]
The verdict
“Kochsalz” is uncommon German (frequency #66,395 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,395
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Haushalt übliches Speisegewürz; enthält hauptsächlich Natriumchlorid
Corpus desk
Index DE-kochsalz · Kochsalz · German
Kochsalz · rank #66,395 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,395
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH knifflige
Nearest frequency peer: knifflige (-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 „Kochsalz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- knackiger
knackiger
33,609 corpus weight
- kneift
kneift
33,608 corpus weight
- knifflige
knifflige
33,607 corpus weight
- Kochsalz
Kochsalz
33,606 corpus weight
- Kokosöl
Kokosöl
33,604 corpus weight
- Kollegs
Kollegs
33,603 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kochsalz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kochsalz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɔxˌzalt͡s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,395 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kochsalz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kochsalz is uncommon German at frequency #66,395 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɔxˌzalt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "im Haushalt übliches Speisegewürz; enthält hauptsächlich Natriumchlorid".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kochsalz, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kochsalz, spelled K-O-C-H-S-A-L-Z.
Definition
- 1im Haushalt übliches Speisegewürz; enthält hauptsächlich Natriumchlorid
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kochsalz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wasser mit Kochsalz ist elektrisch leitfähig.
„Da es früher für den Menschen schwierig war, an ausreichende Mengen Kochsalz zu kommen, wird eine Salzaufnahme mit einer Dopaminausschüttung belohnt.“
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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