Wildkatze
[ˈvɪltˌkat͡sə]
The verdict
“Wildkatze” is uncommon German (frequency #61,201 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,201
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wild lebendes Raubtier, das der Hauskatze ähnelt und in verschiedenen Unterarten in Eurasien und Afrika vorkommt (Felis silvestris)
Corpus desk
Index DE-wildkatze · Wildkatze · German
Wildkatze · rank #61,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,201
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wildfremden
Nearest frequency peer: wildfremden (-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 „Wildkatze“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wienerin
Wienerin
38,803 corpus weight
- Wildbienen
Wildbienen
38,802 corpus weight
- wildfremden
wildfremden
38,801 corpus weight
- Wildkatze
Wildkatze
38,800 corpus weight
- wischte
wischte
38,799 corpus weight
- Wissenschaf…
Wissenschaftsgeschichte
38,798 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wildkatze“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wildkatze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪltˌkat͡sə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wildkatze“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wildkatze is uncommon German at frequency #61,201 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪltˌkat͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wild lebendes Raubtier, das der Hauskatze ähnelt und in verschiedenen Unterarten in Eurasien und Afrika vorkommt (Felis silvestris)".
No misspelling variants are generated for Wildkatze in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Wildkatze, spelled W-I-L-D-K-A-T-Z-E.
Definition
- 1wild lebendes Raubtier, das der Hauskatze ähnelt und in verschiedenen Unterarten in Eurasien und Afrika vorkommt (Felis silvestris)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Wildkatze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Kellerwald leben noch Rothirsche, Wildkatzen, Schwarzstörche und der seltene Uhu.“
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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