Kurfürstin
[ˈkuːɐ̯ˌfʏʁstɪn]
The verdict
“Kurfürstin” is uncommon German (frequency #95,856 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,856
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Reichsfürstin des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation, die das Recht hatte, an der Wahl des römisch-deutschen Königs teilzunehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kurfurstin · Kurfürstin · German
Kurfürstin · rank #95,856 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,856
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kunstharz
Nearest frequency peer: Kunstharz (-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 „Kurfürstin“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kumpane
Kumpane
4,148 corpus weight
- Kundmachung
Kundmachung
4,147 corpus weight
- Kunstharz
Kunstharz
4,146 corpus weight
- Kurfürstin
Kurfürstin
4,145 corpus weight
- Kursverluste
Kursverluste
4,144 corpus weight
- Kurzbesuch
Kurzbesuch
4,143 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kurfürstin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kurfürstin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkuːɐ̯ˌfʏʁstɪn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #95,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kurfürstin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kurfürstin is uncommon German at frequency #95,856 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkuːɐ̯ˌfʏʁstɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Reichsfürstin des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation, die das Recht hatte, an der Wahl des römisch-deutschen Königs teilzunehmen".
Kurfürstin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kurfürstin, spelled K-U-R-F-Ü-R-S-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1eine Reichsfürstin des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation, die das Recht hatte, an der Wahl des römisch-deutschen Königs teilzunehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kurfürstin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Kurfürstin Sophie war der geistig-kulturelle Mittelpunkt am Hofe in Hannover.“
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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