Achat
[aˈxaːt]
The verdict
“Achat” is uncommon German (frequency #87,362 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,362
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schalig und konzentrisch gebändertes, streifig erscheinendes Mineral in verschiedenen Farben; Kristall, Halbedelstein, Edelstein, Schmuckstein, Heilstein, der für Schmuck und im Kunstgewerbe verwen...
Corpus desk
Index DE-achat · Achat · German
Achat · rank #87,362 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,362
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abzurunden
Nearest frequency peer: abzurunden (-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 „Achat“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- abzeichnende
abzeichnende
12,642 corpus weight
- abzufragen
abzufragen
12,641 corpus weight
- abzurunden
abzurunden
12,640 corpus weight
- Achat
Achat
12,639 corpus weight
- acre
acre
12,638 corpus weight
- adelt
adelt
12,637 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Achat“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Achat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈxaːt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #87,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Achat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Achat is uncommon German at frequency #87,362 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈxaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schalig und konzentrisch gebändertes, streifig erscheinendes Mineral in verschiedenen Farben; Kristall, Halbedelstein, Edelstein, Schmuckstein, Heilstein, der für Schmuck und im Kunstgewerbe verwen...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Achat, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Achat, spelled A-C-H-A-T.
Definition
- 1schalig und konzentrisch gebändertes, streifig erscheinendes Mineral in verschiedenen Farben; Kristall, Halbedelstein, Edelstein, Schmuckstein, Heilstein, der für Schmuck und im Kunstgewerbe verwendet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Achat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch Färbung und Zeichnung ausgezeichnete Achate wurden schon von jeher zu geschnittenen Steinen verarbeitet.
„Mir erteilte er ihn sehr nachdrücklich und schenkte mir noch einen Rosenkranz aus Achat mit einem dünnen Goldkettchen, der wohl zwölf Zechinen wert war.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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