Kyphose
[kyˈfoːzə]
The verdict
“Kyphose” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nach hinten (dorsal) konvexe Krümmung der Wirbelsäule
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kyphose |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kyˈfoːzə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kyphose” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Kyphose is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kyˈfoːzə]. 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: "nach hinten (dorsal) konvexe Krümmung der Wirbelsäule".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kyphose, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Kyphose, spelled K-Y-P-H-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1nach hinten (dorsal) konvexe Krümmung der Wirbelsäule
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Kyphose”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-Y-P-H-O-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kyˈfoːzə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.