acceptance

[ækˈsɛptəns]

/[ækˈsɛptəns]/ noun

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The verdict

“acceptance” is uncommon German (frequency #92,543 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,543
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Annahme, Entgegennahme

Corpus desk

Index DE-acceptance · acceptance · German

acceptance · rank #92,543 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,543
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abzuhören

Nearest frequency peer: abzuhören (-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 „acceptance“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for acceptance
PropertyValue
Headwordacceptance
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ækˈsɛptəns]
Letters10
Frequency rank#92,543
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „acceptance“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abzuhören“ (#92,542), „Abwasserentsorgung“ (#92,541), „abstrahieren“ (#92,540). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „acceptance“ bei #92,543. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

acceptance is uncommon German at frequency #92,543 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ækˈsɛptəns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for acceptance in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 acceptance, spelled A-C-C-E-P-T-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Annahme, Entgegennahme
  2. 2
    Zustimmung
  3. 3
    Akzept, Wechselannahme
  4. 4
    Akzeptanz, Anerkennung; Beachtung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. His acceptance of the package completes the transaction.
  2. Silence does not constitute acceptance.

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 "acceptance"?
"acceptance" is spelled A-C-C-E-P-T-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ækˈsɛptəns].
What does "acceptance" mean?
As a noun, "acceptance" means: Annahme, Entgegennahme
How do you pronounce "acceptance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acceptance" is [ækˈsɛptəns]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acceptance" come from?
"acceptance" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Agnostiker#92,549abgedrehte#92,530Abendschau#92,527Alpinisten#92,563

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list