Kuban
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The verdict
“Kuban” is uncommon German (frequency #89,178 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,178
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dem Elbrus entspringender und ins Asowsche Meer mündender, rund 870 Kilometer langer Fluss im nördlichen Kaukasus, Russland
Corpus desk
Index DE-kuban · Kuban · German
Kuban · rank #89,178 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,178
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH KSchG
Nearest frequency peer: KSchG (-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 „Kuban“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Krempe
Krempe
10,827 corpus weight
- krk
krk
10,826 corpus weight
- KSchG
KSchG
10,824 corpus weight
- Kuban
Kuban
10,823 corpus weight
- Kulturdenkm…
Kulturdenkmal
10,820 corpus weight
- kumuliert
kumuliert
10,819 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kuban“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kuban |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kuban“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kuban is uncommon German at frequency #89,178 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dem Elbrus entspringender und ins Asowsche Meer mündender, rund 870 Kilometer langer Fluss im nördlichen Kaukasus, Russland".
Kuban has no tracked misspelling variants, 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Kuban, spelled K-U-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1dem Elbrus entspringender und ins Asowsche Meer mündender, rund 870 Kilometer langer Fluss im nördlichen Kaukasus, Russland
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kuban appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit gut 200.000 deutschen und rumänischen Soldaten erreichte die 17. Armee im März 1943 das Mündungsgebiet des Kubans am Ostufer des Asowschen Meeres, dem das Führerhauptquartier in Erinnerung an das antike Siedlungsgebiet der Goten den hochtrabenden Namen ‚Gotenkopf‘ gegeben hatte.“
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.
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