accelerator

[əkˈseləreɪtəʳ]

/[əkˈseləreɪtəʳ]/ noun

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The verdict

“accelerator” is uncommon German (frequency #80,033 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,033
frequency rank, German
113,935
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Person oder ein Gerät, der oder das etwas beschleunigt

Key facts for accelerator
PropertyValue
Headwordaccelerator
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[əkˈseləreɪtəʳ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#80,033
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “accelerator” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). accelerator lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

accelerator is uncommon German at frequency #80,033 among 113,935 “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

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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Using “accelerator”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is A-C-C-E-L-E-R-A-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [əkˈseləreɪtəʳ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list