Kotillion
[ˈkɔtɪljɔ̃]
The verdict
“Kotillion” 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) - ein aus Frankreich stammender Gesellschaftstanz beziehungsweise ein Tanzspiel mit Verlosung scherzhafter Geschenkartikel
Corpus desk
Index DE-kotillion · Kotillion · German
Kotillion · 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 | Kotillion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɔtɪljɔ̃] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kotillion“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kotillion is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɔtɪljɔ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein aus Frankreich stammender Gesellschaftstanz beziehungsweise ein Tanzspiel mit Verlosung scherzhafter Geschenkartikel".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kotillion in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kotillion, spelled K-O-T-I-L-L-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1ein aus Frankreich stammender Gesellschaftstanz beziehungsweise ein Tanzspiel mit Verlosung scherzhafter Geschenkartikel
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kotillion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In meinen Büchern ließ man sich nach dem Kotillion ohnmächtig in die erwünschten Arme fallen oder hielt für alle Fälle zufällig ein Spitzentuch parat.“
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.