Kollateralschaden
[ˌkɔlateˈʁaːlˌʃaːdn̩]
The verdict
“Kollateralschaden” is uncommon German (frequency #52,213 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,213
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - unbeabsichtigter Schaden (insbesondere zivile Opfer), der durch einen militärischen Einsatz entstanden ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kollateralschaden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌkɔlateˈʁaːlˌʃaːdn̩] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #52,213 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kollateralschaden” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kollateralschaden is uncommon German at frequency #52,213 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌkɔlateˈʁaːlˌʃaːdn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kollateralschaden, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kollateralschaden, spelled K-O-L-L-A-T-E-R-A-L-S-C-H-A-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1unbeabsichtigter Schaden (insbesondere zivile Opfer), der durch einen militärischen Einsatz entstanden ist
- 2Nebenwirkung, durch die Schaden entsteht
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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 “Kollateralschaden”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-O-L-L-A-T-E-R-A-L-S-C-H-A-D-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.