Kolping

[ˈkɔlpɪŋ]

/[ˈkɔlpɪŋ]/ name

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The verdict

“Kolping” is uncommon German (frequency #58,020 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,020
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutscher Familienname

Corpus desk

Index DE-kolping · Kolping · German

Kolping · rank #58,020 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,020
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kochlöffel

Nearest frequency peer: Kochlöffel (-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 „Kolping“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kolping
PropertyValue
HeadwordKolping
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈkɔlpɪŋ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#58,020
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kolping“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kochlöffel“ (#58,019), „kommet“ (#58,021), „kochendes“ (#58,018). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kolping“ bei #58,020. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kolping is uncommon German at frequency #58,020 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈkɔlpɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutscher Familienname".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kolping, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Kolping, spelled K-O-L-P-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    deutscher Familienname

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Allen Einrichtungen gemeinsam ist der programmatische Anspruch ihrer Arbeit, den Adolph Kolping, der große deutsche Sozialreformer, schon vor 150 Jahren geprägt hat.“
  2. Bei den Kolpings brennt Tag und Nacht das Licht.

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 "Kolping"?
"Kolping" is spelled K-O-L-P-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɔlpɪŋ].
What does "Kolping" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kolping" means: deutscher Familienname
How do you pronounce "Kolping"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kolping" is [ˈkɔlpɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kolping" come from?
"Kolping" 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 "Kolping", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Junkers#57,994legales#58,049intimer#57,985Maibaum#58,072

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list