Kultstätte
[ˈkʊltˌʃtɛtə]
The verdict
“Kultstätte” is uncommon German (frequency #95,852 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,852
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ort oder Gebäude für den Vollzug kultischer Handlungen, vor allem in Bezug auf vor- und frühhistorische Zeiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-kultstatte · Kultstätte · German
Kultstätte · rank #95,852 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,852
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Kultes
Nearest frequency peer: Kultes (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Kultstätte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- kuch
kuch
4,152 corpus weight
- Kultes
Kultes
4,150 corpus weight
- Kultstätte
Kultstätte
4,149 corpus weight
- Kumpane
Kumpane
4,148 corpus weight
- Kundmachung
Kundmachung
4,147 corpus weight
- Kunstharz
Kunstharz
4,146 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kultstätte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kultstätte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʊltˌʃtɛtə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #95,852 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kultstätte” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kultstätte is uncommon German at frequency #95,852 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʊltˌʃtɛtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ort oder Gebäude für den Vollzug kultischer Handlungen, vor allem in Bezug auf vor- und frühhistorische Zeiten".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kultstätte, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kultstätte, spelled K-U-L-T-S-T-Ä-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Ort oder Gebäude für den Vollzug kultischer Handlungen, vor allem in Bezug auf vor- und frühhistorische Zeiten
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kultstätte", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.