Kufen
[ˈkuːfn̩]
The verdict
“Kufen” is uncommon German (frequency #62,583 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,583
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Kufe
Corpus desk
Index DE-kufen · Kufen · German
Kufen · rank #62,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,583
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kränkung
Nearest frequency peer: Kränkung (-2 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 „Kufen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kriegsgeric…
Kriegsgericht
37,423 corpus weight
- Krimiserie
Krimiserie
37,422 corpus weight
- Kränkung
Kränkung
37,420 corpus weight
- Kufen
Kufen
37,418 corpus weight
- Kulturminis…
Kulturminister
37,416 corpus weight
- kurbeln
kurbeln
37,414 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kufen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kufen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkuːfn̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kufen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kufen is uncommon German at frequency #62,583 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkuːfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Kufen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Kufen, spelled K-U-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Kufe
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Kufe
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Kufe
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Kufe
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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