Korkeiche
[ˈkɔʁkˌʔaɪ̯çə]
The verdict
“Korkeiche” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine immergrüne Eichen-Art (Quercus suber), die bis zu 20 Meter hoch wird und hauptsächlich in Südwest-Europa und Nordwestafrika wächst
Corpus desk
Index DE-korkeiche · Korkeiche · German
Korkeiche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Korkeiche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɔʁkˌʔaɪ̯çə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Korkeiche“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Korkeiche is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɔʁkˌʔaɪ̯çə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine immergrüne Eichen-Art (Quercus suber), die bis zu 20 Meter hoch wird und hauptsächlich in Südwest-Europa und Nordwestafrika wächst".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Korkeiche, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Korkeiche, spelled K-O-R-K-E-I-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1eine immergrüne Eichen-Art (Quercus suber), die bis zu 20 Meter hoch wird und hauptsächlich in Südwest-Europa und Nordwestafrika wächst
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.