Kyrie
[ˈkyːʁiə]
The verdict
“Kyrie” is uncommon German (frequency #59,824 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,824
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bittruf zu Beginn einer Messe oder des Gottesdienstes, der gebetet oder gesungen wird (Kurzform von Kyrie eleison)
Corpus desk
Index DE-kyrie · Kyrie · German
Kyrie · rank #59,824 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,824
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH KWG
Nearest frequency peer: KWG (-1 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 „Kyrie“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kunsthandel
Kunsthandel
40,180 corpus weight
- Kuriositäten
Kuriositäten
40,179 corpus weight
- KWG
KWG
40,178 corpus weight
- Kyrie
Kyrie
40,177 corpus weight
- kämme
kämme
40,176 corpus weight
- kämpferische
kämpferische
40,175 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kyrie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kyrie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkyːʁiə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,824 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kyrie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kyrie is uncommon German at frequency #59,824 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkyːʁiə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bittruf zu Beginn einer Messe oder des Gottesdienstes, der gebetet oder gesungen wird (Kurzform von Kyrie eleison)".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kyrie in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Kyrie, spelled K-Y-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Bittruf zu Beginn einer Messe oder des Gottesdienstes, der gebetet oder gesungen wird (Kurzform von Kyrie eleison)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kyrie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Musiker und Chor interpretieren den barocken Komponisten Franz Biber beim Kyrie, Sanctus, Benedictus und beim Agnus Dei - den vier Texten, die seit 998 zu einem Requiem gehören.“
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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