Achillessehne
[aˈxɪlɛsˌzeːnə]
The verdict
“Achillessehne” is uncommon German (frequency #51,896 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,896
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - am Fersenbein ansetzende Sehne der Wadenmuskulatur
Corpus desk
Index DE-achillessehne · Achillessehne · German
Achillessehne · rank #51,896 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,896
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abschläge
Nearest frequency peer: Abschläge (-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 „Achillessehne“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- abrücken
abrücken
48,108 corpus weight
- Abschiede
Abschiede
48,107 corpus weight
- Abschläge
Abschläge
48,106 corpus weight
- Achillesseh…
Achillessehne
48,105 corpus weight
- Achtjährige
Achtjährige
48,104 corpus weight
- Administrat…
Administratoren
48,103 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Achillessehne“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Achillessehne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈxɪlɛsˌzeːnə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #51,896 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Achillessehne“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Achillessehne is uncommon German at frequency #51,896 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈxɪlɛsˌzeːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "am Fersenbein ansetzende Sehne der Wadenmuskulatur".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Achillessehne, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Achillessehne, spelled A-C-H-I-L-L-E-S-S-E-H-N-E.
Definition
- 1am Fersenbein ansetzende Sehne der Wadenmuskulatur
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Achillessehne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ferrer Cutino Gil wird nur Zuschauer sein. Beschwerden an der Achillessehne, zugezogen beim Trainingslager kurz vor Silvester im belgischen Maaseik, lassen seinen Einsatz nicht zu.
Die Achillessehne ist die stärkste Sehne im menschlichen Körper und kann Belastungen standhalten, die dem Zehnfachen des eigenen Körpergewichts entsprechen. Wenn sie reißt, dann mit einem lauten Knall.
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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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