Kugelfisch
[ˈkuːɡl̩ˌfɪʃ]
The verdict
“Kugelfisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rundlicher, giftiger Fisch aus der Ordnung der Kugelfischverwandte, der vor allem in tropischen Meeren verbreitet ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-kugelfisch · Kugelfisch · German
Kugelfisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Kugelfisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkuːɡl̩ˌfɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kugelfisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kugelfisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkuːɡl̩ˌfɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "rundlicher, giftiger Fisch aus der Ordnung der Kugelfischverwandte, der vor allem in tropischen Meeren verbreitet ist".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kugelfisch, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kugelfisch, spelled K-U-G-E-L-F-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1rundlicher, giftiger Fisch aus der Ordnung der Kugelfischverwandte, der vor allem in tropischen Meeren verbreitet ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kugelfisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Einige Kugelfische können als Aquarienfische im Süß-, Brack- oder Meerwasseraquarium gehalten werden.“
Synonyms
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.