Kätzchen
\ˈkɛʦçən\
The verdict
“Kätzchen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chaton.
Corpus desk
Index FR-katzchen · Kätzchen · French
Kätzchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kätzchen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈkɛʦçən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Kätzchen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkɛʦçən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kätzchen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Kätzchen, spelled K-Ä-T-Z-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Chaton.
- 2Iule, chaton.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kätzchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Guck mal, wie die niedlichen Kätzchen spielen!
Hasel, Erle, Weide und Pappel tragen Kätzchen.
Synonyms
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.