accelerator

[əkˈseləreɪtəʳ]

/[əkˈseləreɪtəʳ]/ noun

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The verdict

“accelerator” is uncommon German (frequency #80,033 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,033
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Person oder ein Gerät, der oder das etwas beschleunigt

Corpus desk

Index DE-accelerator · accelerator · German

accelerator · rank #80,033 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,033
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH accepted

Nearest frequency peer: accepted (+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 „accelerator“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for accelerator
PropertyValue
Headwordaccelerator
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[əkˈseləreɪtəʳ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#80,033
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „accelerator“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).acceleratorfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „accepted“ (#80,034), „absichtlichen“ (#80,031), „Adaptionen“ (#80,035). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „accelerator“ bei #80,033. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

accelerator is uncommon German at frequency #80,033 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [əkˈseləreɪtəʳ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for accelerator in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is accelerator, spelled A-C-C-E-L-E-R-A-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Person oder ein Gerät, der oder das etwas beschleunigt
  2. 2
    ein Gerät zur Erzeugung einer Beschleunigung
  3. 3
    ein Pedal zur Beschleunigung eines Fahrzeugs
  4. 4
    ein Gerät, das geladene subatomare Teilchen beschleunigt
  5. 5
    eine Substanz, die eine chemische Reaktion beschleunigt
  6. 6
    eine Chemikalie, die die Entwicklungszeit eines Films verkürzt
  7. 7
    ein Muskel oder Nerv, der eine Handlung bzw. Bewegung verstärkt
  8. 8
    eine Taste, die direkt einen Prozess auslöst

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "Most conventionally used accelerators are problematic when CR rubbers are cured and the most important accelerator has been found to be ethylene thiourea (ETU) which, although being an excellent and proven accelerator for polychloroprene, has been classified as reprotoxic."

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 "accelerator"?
"accelerator" is spelled A-C-C-E-L-E-R-A-T-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [əkˈseləreɪtəʳ].
What does "accelerator" mean?
As a noun, "accelerator" means: eine Person oder ein Gerät, der oder das etwas beschleunigt
How do you pronounce "accelerator"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accelerator" is [əkˈseləreɪtəʳ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accelerator" come from?
"accelerator" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

abgestorben#80,025andrerseits#80,052überwuchert#80,014übersiedelt#80,012

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list