Koje

[ˈkoːjə]

/[ˈkoːjə]/ noun

The verdict

“Koje” is uncommon German (frequency #74,780 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,780
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schmale Schlafgelegenheit, oft auf Booten oder Schiffen, in Wohnmobilen oder Lastwagen

Corpus desk

Index DE-koje · Koje · German

Koje · rank #74,780 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,780
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Knöcheln

Nearest frequency peer: Knöcheln (-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 „Koje“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Koje“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Koje
PropertyValue
HeadwordKoje
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkoːjə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#74,780
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Koje“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Kojefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Knöcheln“ (#74,779), „Kolumnisten“ (#74,781), „knurrte“ (#74,778). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Koje“ bei #74,780. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Koje is uncommon German at frequency #74,780 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkoːjə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schmale Schlafgelegenheit, oft auf Booten oder Schiffen, in Wohnmobilen oder Lastwagen".

Koje has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Koje, spelled K-O-J-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    schmale Schlafgelegenheit, oft auf Booten oder Schiffen, in Wohnmobilen oder Lastwagen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nach seiner Schicht auf Deck haute sich Matrose Hauke sofort in seine Koje.
  2. „Jedermann an Bord wußte, daß Masoder zu dieser Stunde wahrscheinlich mehr tot als lebendig in seiner Koje lag.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Koje"?
"Koje" is spelled K-O-J-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkoːjə].
What does "Koje" mean?
As a noun, "Koje" means: schmale Schlafgelegenheit, oft auf Booten oder Schiffen, in Wohnmobilen oder Lastwagen
How do you pronounce "Koje"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Koje" is [ˈkoːjə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Koje" come from?
"Koje" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Koje", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list