kolossale

[ˌkolɔˈsaːlə]

/[ˌkolɔˈsaːlə]/ adj

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The verdict

“kolossale” is uncommon German (frequency #97,245 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,245
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kolossal

Corpus desk

Index DE-kolossale · kolossale · German

kolossale · rank #97,245 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,245
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kollegialen

Nearest frequency peer: kollegialen (-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 „kolossale“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kolossale
PropertyValue
Headwordkolossale
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌkolɔˈsaːlə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#97,245
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kolossale“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.kolossalefällt 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: „kollegialen“ (#97,244), „kommandieren“ (#97,246), „kokettiert“ (#97,243). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kolossale“ bei #97,245. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kolossale is uncommon German at frequency #97,245 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌkolɔˈsaːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kolossale, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is kolossale, spelled K-O-L-O-S-S-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kolossal
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kolossal
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kolossal
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kolossal
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kolossal
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kolossal
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kolossal
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kolossal
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kolossal

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 "kolossale"?
"kolossale" is spelled K-O-L-O-S-S-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌkolɔˈsaːlə].
What does "kolossale" mean?
As an adjective, "kolossale" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kolossal
How do you pronounce "kolossale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kolossale" is [ˌkolɔˈsaːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kolossale" come from?
"kolossale" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kritikers#97,263kugeligen#97,267Kaufsumme#97,221karikiert#97,217

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list