kognitiv
[kɔɡniˈtiːf]
The verdict
“kognitiv” is uncommon German (frequency #56,277 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,277
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auf das Wissen, Verstehen, Denken eines Lebewesens bezogen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kognitiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kɔɡniˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kognitiv” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kognitiv is uncommon German at frequency #56,277 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɔɡniˈtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf das Wissen, Verstehen, Denken eines Lebewesens bezogen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kognitiv, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is kognitiv, spelled K-O-G-N-I-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1auf das Wissen, Verstehen, Denken eines Lebewesens bezogen
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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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Using “kognitiv”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-O-G-N-I-T-I-V - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.