Rotkohl
[ˈʁoːtˌkoːl]
The verdict
“Rotkohl” is uncommon German (frequency #54,843 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,843
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Kohlsorte mit dunkel-lilafarbenem Kopf
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rotkohl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁoːtˌkoːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,843 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rotkohl” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Rotkohl is uncommon German at frequency #54,843 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁoːtˌkoːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Rotkohl in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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. The correct German form is Rotkohl, spelled R-O-T-K-O-H-L.
Definition
- 1Kohlsorte mit dunkel-lilafarbenem Kopf
- 2daraus bereitetes, gekochtes Gemüse
This word in other languages
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 “Rotkohl”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-O-T-K-O-H-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁoːtˌkoːl] (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.