Kohlfisch
[ˈkoːlˌfɪʃ]
The verdict
“Kohlfisch” 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) - Speisefisch aus der Familie der Dorsche
Corpus desk
Index DE-kohlfisch · Kohlfisch · German
Kohlfisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kohlfisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkoːlˌfɪʃ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kohlfisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kohlfisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkoːlˌfɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Speisefisch aus der Familie der Dorsche".
Kohlfisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kohlfisch, spelled K-O-H-L-F-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Speisefisch aus der Familie der Dorsche
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kohlfisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Doch seit den 1930er Jahren wird Kohlfisch unter dem Namen Seelachs vermarktet.“
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.