Achillesferse

/[aˈxɪlɛsˌfɛʁzə]/ noun

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#81,239

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Achillesferse is aGermannoun. It means: schwache beziehungsweise verwundbare Stelle einer Person oder eines Systems Pronounced [aˈxɪlɛsˌfɛʁzə].

Key facts for Achillesferse
PropertyValue
HeadwordAchillesferse
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈxɪlɛsˌfɛʁzə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#81,239
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Achillesferse in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Achillesferse is 13 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈxɪlɛsˌfɛʁzə]. Corpus data places it at rank #81,239 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "schwache beziehungsweise verwundbare Stelle einer Person oder eines Systems".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Achillesferse in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Achillesferse, spelled A-C-H-I-L-L-E-S-F-E-R-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    schwache beziehungsweise verwundbare Stelle einer Person oder eines Systems

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #81,239 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Achillesferse"?
"Achillesferse" is spelled A-C-H-I-L-L-E-S-F-E-R-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈxɪlɛsˌfɛʁzə].
What does "Achillesferse" mean?
As a noun, "Achillesferse" means: schwache beziehungsweise verwundbare Stelle einer Person oder eines Systems
How do you pronounce "Achillesferse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Achillesferse" is [aˈxɪlɛsˌfɛʁzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Achillesferse" come from?
"Achillesferse" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.