kurioserweise
[kuʁiozɐˈvaɪ̯zə]
The verdict
“kurioserweise” is uncommon German (frequency #65,443 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,443
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in einer verwunderlichen, überraschenden, unerwarteten Art und Weise
Corpus desk
Index DE-kurioserweise · kurioserweise · German
kurioserweise · rank #65,443 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,443
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kunstwissensc…
Nearest frequency peer: Kunstwissenschaft (-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 „kurioserweise“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kunstgegens…
Kunstgegenstände
34,562 corpus weight
- Kunstwelt
Kunstwelt
34,561 corpus weight
- Kunstwissen…
Kunstwissenschaft
34,560 corpus weight
- kurioserwei…
kurioserweise
34,558 corpus weight
- kuschelt
kuschelt
34,556 corpus weight
- kölnischen
kölnischen
34,554 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kurioserweise“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kurioserweise |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [kuʁiozɐˈvaɪ̯zə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #65,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kurioserweise“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kurioserweise is uncommon German at frequency #65,443 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [kuʁiozɐˈvaɪ̯zə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in einer verwunderlichen, überraschenden, unerwarteten Art und Weise".
No misspelling variants are generated for kurioserweise in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is kurioserweise, spelled K-U-R-I-O-S-E-R-W-E-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1in einer verwunderlichen, überraschenden, unerwarteten Art und Weise
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kurioserweise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Andererseits zeigten Mäuse, denen man die Thymusdrüse entfernt und damit die Produktion der immunkompetenten T-Lymphozyten unterbunden hatte, kurioserweise eine deutlich geringere Anfälligkeit gegenüber starken Karzinogenen als Mäuse mit unversehrtem Thymus aus dem gleichen Stamm.“
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.
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