Acetat

[at͡seˈtaːt]

/[at͡seˈtaːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Acetat” is uncommon German (frequency #82,453 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,453
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Salz oder Ester der Essigsäure

Corpus desk

Index DE-acetat · Acetat · German

Acetat · rank #82,453 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,453
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abzumildern

Nearest frequency peer: abzumildern (-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 „Acetat“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Acetat
PropertyValue
HeadwordAcetat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[at͡seˈtaːt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#82,453
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Acetat“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Acetatfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abzumildern“ (#82,452), „Adem“ (#82,455), „abyss“ (#82,450). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Acetat“ bei #82,453. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Acetat is uncommon German at frequency #82,453 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [at͡seˈtaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Acetat has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Acetat, spelled A-C-E-T-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Salz oder Ester der Essigsäure
  2. 2
    Chemiefaser, die aus Celluloseacetat/Zelluloseazetat im Trockenspinnverfahren hergestellt wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In der chemischen Analytik können Acetate leicht nachgewiesen werden, indem man die Probe mit Kaliumhydrogensulfat im Mörser zerreibt.
  2. Um das richtige Acetat zu spinnen, muss man erst die Zellulose durch Azetylieren in das Zelluloseazetat überführen.

This word in other languages

acetate(English)acetato(Español)acétate(Français)

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 "Acetat"?
"Acetat" is spelled A-C-E-T-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [at͡seˈtaːt].
What does "Acetat" mean?
As a noun, "Acetat" means: Salz oder Ester der Essigsäure
How do you pronounce "Acetat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Acetat" is [at͡seˈtaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Acetat" come from?
"Acetat" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zulegt#82,399Ziller#82,394Zahnes#82,376Wolffs#82,366

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list