Kopfschmuck

[ˈkɔp͡fˌʃmʊk]

/[ˈkɔp͡fˌʃmʊk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kopfschmuck” is uncommon German (frequency #71,534 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,534
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kopfbedeckung, die nur als Schmuck dient

Corpus desk

Index DE-kopfschmuck · Kopfschmuck · German

Kopfschmuck · rank #71,534 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,534
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Konzentration…

Nearest frequency peer: Konzentrationslagers (-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 „Kopfschmuck“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kopfschmuck
PropertyValue
HeadwordKopfschmuck
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɔp͡fˌʃmʊk]
Letters11
Frequency rank#71,534
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kopfschmuck“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Konzentrationslagers“ (#71,533), „kopierten“ (#71,535), „Korbinian“ (#71,536). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kopfschmuck“ bei #71,534. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kopfschmuck is uncommon German at frequency #71,534 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɔp͡fˌʃmʊk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kopfbedeckung, die nur als Schmuck dient".

Kopfschmuck has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kopfschmuck, spelled K-O-P-F-S-C-H-M-U-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kopfbedeckung, die nur als Schmuck dient

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Den Kopfschmuck vom Hirsch nennt man Geweih.
  2. „Der Größere trägt einen Kopfschmuck aus Straßenfedern.“

This word in other languages

headgear(English)diadème(Français)

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 "Kopfschmuck"?
"Kopfschmuck" is spelled K-O-P-F-S-C-H-M-U-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɔp͡fˌʃmʊk].
What does "Kopfschmuck" mean?
As a noun, "Kopfschmuck" means: Kopfbedeckung, die nur als Schmuck dient
How do you pronounce "Kopfschmuck"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kopfschmuck" is [ˈkɔp͡fˌʃmʊk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kopfschmuck" come from?
"Kopfschmuck" 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 "Kopfschmuck", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Koeffizient#71,525Lehrbetrieb#71,573Jagdschloss#71,489Manuskripts#71,603

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list