Achat

[aˈxaːt]

/[aˈxaːt]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Achat
PropertyValue
HeadwordAchat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈxaːt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#87,362
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Achat“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Achatfällt 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: „abzurunden“ (#87,361), „acre“ (#87,363), „abzufragen“ (#87,360). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Achat“ bei #87,362. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    schalig 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 examples

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

  1. Durch Färbung und Zeichnung ausgezeichnete Achate wurden schon von jeher zu geschnittenen Steinen verarbeitet.
  2. „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

Chalzedon

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Achat"?
"Achat" is spelled A-C-H-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈxaːt].
What does "Achat" mean?
As a noun, "Achat" means: schalig und konzentrisch gebändertes, streifig erscheinendes Mineral in verschiedenen Farben; Kristall, Halbedelstein, Edelstein, Schmuckstein, Heilstein, der für Schmuck und im Kunstgewerbe verwen...
How do you pronounce "Achat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Achat" is [aˈxaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Achat" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list