kontaktlos
[kɔnˈtaktˌloːs]
The verdict
“kontaktlos” is uncommon German (frequency #58,936 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,936
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Berührung; ohne physischen Kontakt
Corpus desk
Index DE-kontaktlos · kontaktlos · German
kontaktlos · rank #58,936 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,936
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kopiere
Nearest frequency peer: kopiere (+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 „kontaktlos“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kommas
Kommas
41,068 corpus weight
- kompatible
kompatible
41,067 corpus weight
- kontaktlos
kontaktlos
41,065 corpus weight
- kopiere
kopiere
41,064 corpus weight
- kopierte
kopierte
41,063 corpus weight
- Kriegführung
Kriegführung
41,062 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kontaktlos“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kontaktlos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kɔnˈtaktˌloːs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #58,936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kontaktlos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kontaktlos is uncommon German at frequency #58,936 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɔnˈtaktˌloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne Berührung; ohne physischen Kontakt".
Zero misspellings are on record for kontaktlos in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is kontaktlos, spelled K-O-N-T-A-K-T-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1ohne Berührung; ohne physischen Kontakt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kontaktlos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bereits in den vergangenen zehn Jahren hat laut Tojner ein Transformationsprozess beim Payment eingesetzt. Von der reinen Kartenzahlung über kontaktloses und mobiles Bezahlen bis zu Wearables (etwa Ringe oder Armbänder mit eingebauten Chips), die bei den Konsumenten mittlerweile angekommen seien – aber was kommt danach?“
„35 Prozent der Gesamttransaktionen wurden im Jahr 2017 bereits kontaktlos abgewickelt.“
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).