Korvette
[kɔʁˈvɛtə]
The verdict
“Korvette” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativ kleines Kriegsschiff
Corpus desk
Index DE-korvette · Korvette · German
Korvette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Korvette |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔʁˈvɛtə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Korvette“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Korvette is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔʁˈvɛtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relativ kleines Kriegsschiff".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Korvette, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Korvette, spelled K-O-R-V-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1relativ kleines Kriegsschiff
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Korvette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Den Mittelpunkt des Marinebetriebes bildete das flußabwärts und ziemlich weit von der Stadt gelegene Gladstone Dock: es war schon mit Zerstörern und Schaluppen und mit den Korvetten, die jetzt in beträchtlicher Zahl von den Werften abliefen, überfüllt.“
„Die beiden Korvetten warfen noch einige Wasserbomben blindlings in die Gegend und verzogen sich dann, es schien ihnen nicht geheuer zu sein.“
This word in other languages
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.