kurioserweise
[kuʁiozɐˈvaɪ̯zə]
The verdict
“kurioserweise” is an uncommon German word, ranked #65,443 in German word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #65,443
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in einer verwunderlichen, überraschenden, unerwarteten Art und Weise
| 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) |
Where “kurioserweise” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for kurioserweise is 13 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kuʁiozɐˈvaɪ̯zə]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,443 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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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-W-E-I-S-E - 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.