kontinuierliches
[kɔntinuˈʔiːɐ̯lɪçəs]
The verdict
“kontinuierliches” is uncommon German (frequency #64,441 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,441
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kontinuierlich
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kontinuierliches |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kɔntinuˈʔiːɐ̯lɪçəs] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #64,441 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kontinuierliches” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kontinuierliches is uncommon German at frequency #64,441 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɔntinuˈʔiːɐ̯lɪçəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kontinuierliches, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 kontinuierliches, spelled K-O-N-T-I-N-U-I-E-R-L-I-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kontinuierlich
- 2Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kontinuierlich
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kontinuierlich
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kontinuierlich
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-O-N-T-I-N-U-I-E-R-L-I-C-H-E-S - 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.