Kötzting

[ˈkœt͡stɪŋ]

/[ˈkœt͡stɪŋ]/ name

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The verdict

“Kötzting” is uncommon German (frequency #95,866 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,866
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bad Kötzting; eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-kotzting · Kötzting · German

Kötzting · rank #95,866 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,866
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Körpergeruch

Nearest frequency peer: Körpergeruch (-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 „Kötzting“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kötzting
PropertyValue
HeadwordKötzting
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈkœt͡stɪŋ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#95,866
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kötzting“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Kötztingfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Körpergeruch“ (#95,865), „Kühlraum“ (#95,867), „Köppe“ (#95,864). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kötzting“ bei #95,866. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kötzting is uncommon German at frequency #95,866 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈkœt͡stɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bad Kötzting; eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kötzting, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 Kötzting, spelled K-Ö-T-Z-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bad Kötzting; eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Kötzting liegt in Deutschlands Südosten.

Synonyms

Bad Kötzting

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 "Kötzting"?
"Kötzting" is spelled K-Ö-T-Z-T-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkœt͡stɪŋ].
What does "Kötzting" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kötzting" means: Bad Kötzting; eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Kötzting"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kötzting" is [ˈkœt͡stɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kötzting" come from?
"Kötzting" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Kühlraum#95,867kürzeres#95,868Kämpfers#95,861Lampions#95,873

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list