kurioser
[kuˈʁi̯oːzɐ]
The verdict
“kurioser” is uncommon German (frequency #69,443 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,443
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kurioser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kuˈʁi̯oːzɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kurioser” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kurioser is uncommon German at frequency #69,443 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kuˈʁi̯oːzɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
kurioser has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is kurioser, spelled K-U-R-I-O-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
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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Using “kurioser”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-U-R-I-O-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.