Korporal

[kɔʁpoˈʁaːl]

/[kɔʁpoˈʁaːl]/ noun

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The verdict

“Korporal” is uncommon German (frequency #70,481 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,481
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der niedrigste Unteroffiziersgrad, im österreichischen Bundesheer ein Chargendienstgrad

Corpus desk

Index DE-korporal · Korporal · German

Korporal · rank #70,481 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,481
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH koptischen

Nearest frequency peer: koptischen (-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 „Korporal“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Korporal
PropertyValue
HeadwordKorporal
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɔʁpoˈʁaːl]
Letters8
Frequency rank#70,481
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Korporal“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „koptischen“ (#70,480), „Korrekturlesen“ (#70,482), „Kosmetikerin“ (#70,483). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Korporal“ bei #70,481. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Korporal is uncommon German at frequency #70,481 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔʁpoˈʁaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Korporal, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Korporal, spelled K-O-R-P-O-R-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    der niedrigste Unteroffiziersgrad, im österreichischen Bundesheer ein Chargendienstgrad
  2. 2
    2021 eingeführter Dienstgrad der Bundeswehr in der Dienstgradgruppe der Mannschaften

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Entführung des 19-jährigen Korporals durch Angehörige gleich dreier militanter Gruppen störte den Prozess freilich empfindlich…“
  2. „Der Schweizer Korporal meinte, daß er sich gut gehalten habe und wohl das Kriegsgericht passieren werde.“

This word in other languages

corporal(English)caporal(Español)caporal(Français)cabo(Português)

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 "Korporal"?
"Korporal" is spelled K-O-R-P-O-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔʁpoˈʁaːl].
What does "Korporal" mean?
As a noun, "Korporal" means: der niedrigste Unteroffiziersgrad, im österreichischen Bundesheer ein Chargendienstgrad
How do you pronounce "Korporal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Korporal" is [kɔʁpoˈʁaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Korporal" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

knüpften#70,469kribbelt#70,493Leimbach#70,511karierte#70,440

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list