Achillesferse
[aˈxɪlɛsˌfɛʁzə]
The verdict
“Achillesferse” is uncommon German (frequency #81,239 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,239
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schwache beziehungsweise verwundbare Stelle einer Person oder eines Systems
Corpus desk
Index DE-achillesferse · Achillesferse · German
Achillesferse · rank #81,239 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,239
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Achleitner
Nearest frequency peer: Achleitner (+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 „Achillesferse“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- absteigend
absteigend
18,765 corpus weight
- abzutragen
abzutragen
18,764 corpus weight
- Achillesfer…
Achillesferse
18,762 corpus weight
- Achleitner
Achleitner
18,761 corpus weight
- Achtjähriger
Achtjähriger
18,760 corpus weight
- Adenau
Adenau
18,759 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Achillesferse“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Achillesferse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈxɪlɛsˌfɛʁzə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #81,239 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Achillesferse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Achillesferse is uncommon German at frequency #81,239 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈxɪlɛsˌfɛʁzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schwache beziehungsweise verwundbare Stelle einer Person oder eines Systems".
Zero misspellings are on record for Achillesferse in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Achillesferse, spelled A-C-H-I-L-L-E-S-F-E-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1schwache beziehungsweise verwundbare Stelle einer Person oder eines Systems
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Achillesferse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ist fachlich ausgezeichnet, aber seine Präsentation gestern war sehr schlecht. Das ist eben seine Achillesferse.
„Indien hat eine Achillesferse, den Kashmirkonflikt, dessen Entstehung bereits beschrieben wurde.“
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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