Kursbuch
[ˈkʊʁsˌbuːx]
The verdict
“Kursbuch” is uncommon German (frequency #55,492 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,492
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verzeichnis von Fahrplänen für den öffentlichen Verkehr, insbesondere für Bahn- und Busverbindungen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kursbuch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʊʁsˌbuːx] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kursbuch” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kursbuch is uncommon German at frequency #55,492 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʊʁsˌbuːx]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Kursbuch has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Kursbuch, spelled K-U-R-S-B-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1Verzeichnis von Fahrplänen für den öffentlichen Verkehr, insbesondere für Bahn- und Busverbindungen
- 2Aufzeichnung des Börsenmaklers zur Kursfeststellung über alle Kauf- und Verkaufsangebote
- 3zentraler Teil eines Lehrwerkes neben Arbeitsbuch, Übungsbuch und Lehrerhandbuch
Synonyms
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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 “Kursbuch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-U-R-S-B-U-C-H - 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.