Milchkaffee

[ˈmɪlçkaˌfeː]

/[ˈmɪlçkaˌfeː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Milchkaffee” is uncommon German (frequency #70,571 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,571
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - heißes Mischgetränk aus Milch und Kaffee

Corpus desk

Index DE-milchkaffee · Milchkaffee · German

Milchkaffee · rank #70,571 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,571
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH MFA

Nearest frequency peer: MFA (-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 „Milchkaffee“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Milchkaffee“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Milchkaffee
PropertyValue
HeadwordMilchkaffee
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmɪlçkaˌfeː]
Letters11
Frequency rank#70,571
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Milchkaffee“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Milchkaffeefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „MFA“ (#70,570), „Milchpulver“ (#70,572), „Metallteile“ (#70,569). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Milchkaffee“ bei #70,571. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Milchkaffee is uncommon German at frequency #70,571 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪlçkaˌfeː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "heißes Mischgetränk aus Milch und Kaffee".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Milchkaffee in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Milchkaffee, spelled M-I-L-C-H-K-A-F-F-E-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    heißes Mischgetränk aus Milch und Kaffee

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Milchkaffee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich nehme einen Milchkaffee und ein Stück Erdbeertorte.
  2. „Wir rührten in unserem Milchkaffee.“

Synonyms

Café au LaitCaffè LatteMelange

Antonyms

CappuccinoEspressoLatte MacchiatoTee

This word in other languages

latte(English)café con leche(Español)café au lait(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Milchkaffee"?
"Milchkaffee" is spelled M-I-L-C-H-K-A-F-F-E-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɪlçkaˌfeː].
What does "Milchkaffee" mean?
As a noun, "Milchkaffee" means: heißes Mischgetränk aus Milch und Kaffee
How do you pronounce "Milchkaffee"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Milchkaffee" is [ˈmɪlçkaˌfeː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Milchkaffee", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Milchpulver#70,572Metallteile#70,569Messstellen#70,567Mongolische#70,582

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list