kurze Rochade

/[ˈkʊʁt͡sə ʁɔˈxaːdə]/ phrase

The verdict

“kurze Rochade” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
13
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Dominant Wiktionary sense: bezeichnet die Rochade am Königsflügel, der weiße König zieht von e1 nach g1 und der Turm von h1 nach f1 (schwarz: König von e8 nach g8 und Turm von h8 nach f8)

Key facts for kurze Rochade
PropertyValue
Headwordkurze Rochade
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈkʊʁt͡sə ʁɔˈxaːdə]
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “kurze Rochade” sits in German frequency

kurze Rochade falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for kurze Rochade is 13 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkʊʁt͡sə ʁɔˈxaːdə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "bezeichnet die Rochade am Königsflügel, der weiße König zieht von e1 nach g1 und der Turm von h1 nach f1 (schwarz: König von e8 nach g8 und Turm von h8 nach f8)".

No misspelling variants are generated for kurze Rochade in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is kurze Rochade, spelled K-U-R-Z-E- -R-O-C-H-A-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    bezeichnet die Rochade am Königsflügel, der weiße König zieht von e1 nach g1 und der Turm von h1 nach f1 (schwarz: König von e8 nach g8 und Turm von h8 nach f8)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kurze Rochade"?
"kurze Rochade" is spelled K-U-R-Z-E- -R-O-C-H-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʊʁt͡sə ʁɔˈxaːdə].
What does "kurze Rochade" mean?
As a phrase, "kurze Rochade" means: bezeichnet die Rochade am Königsflügel, der weiße König zieht von e1 nach g1 und der Turm von h1 nach f1 (schwarz: König von e8 nach g8 und Turm von h8 nach f8)
How do you pronounce "kurze Rochade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kurze Rochade" is [ˈkʊʁt͡sə ʁɔˈxaːdə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kurze Rochade" come from?
"kurze Rochade" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “kurze Rochade”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is K-U-R-Z-E- -R-O-C-H-A-D-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈkʊʁt͡sə ʁɔˈxaːdə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.