Kontrollstelle

[kɔnˈtʁɔlˌʃtɛlə]

/[kɔnˈtʁɔlˌʃtɛlə]/ noun

The verdict

“Kontrollstelle” is uncommon German (frequency #87,944 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,944
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stelle, an der Kontrollen durchgeführt werden

Corpus desk

Index DE-kontrollstelle · Kontrollstelle · German

Kontrollstelle · rank #87,944 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,944
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kontrakte

Nearest frequency peer: Kontrakte (-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 „Kontrollstelle“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kontrollstelle
PropertyValue
HeadwordKontrollstelle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɔnˈtʁɔlˌʃtɛlə]
Letters14
Frequency rank#87,944
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kontrollstelle“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kontrollstellefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kontrakte“ (#87,943), „Kopfbahnhof“ (#87,945), „Kontoinhaber“ (#87,942). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kontrollstelle“ bei #87,944. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kontrollstelle is uncommon German at frequency #87,944 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔnˈtʁɔlˌʃtɛlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stelle, an der Kontrollen durchgeführt werden".

Zero misspellings are on record for Kontrollstelle in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Kontrollstelle, spelled K-O-N-T-R-O-L-L-S-T-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stelle, an der Kontrollen durchgeführt werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Danach ging er zurück zur Kontrollstelle.“

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 "Kontrollstelle"?
"Kontrollstelle" is spelled K-O-N-T-R-O-L-L-S-T-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔnˈtʁɔlˌʃtɛlə].
What does "Kontrollstelle" mean?
As a noun, "Kontrollstelle" means: Stelle, an der Kontrollen durchgeführt werden
How do you pronounce "Kontrollstelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kontrollstelle" is [kɔnˈtʁɔlˌʃtɛlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kontrollstelle" come from?
"Kontrollstelle" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list