Achilleus
[aˈxɪlɔɪ̯s]
The verdict
“Achilleus” is uncommon German (frequency #77,636 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,636
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-achilleus · Achilleus · German
Achilleus · rank #77,636 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,636
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Accra
Nearest frequency peer: Accra (-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 „Achilleus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- abzutun
abzutun
22,368 corpus weight
- abzuwälzen
abzuwälzen
22,367 corpus weight
- Accra
Accra
22,366 corpus weight
- Achilleus
Achilleus
22,365 corpus weight
- additiv
additiv
22,364 corpus weight
- adäquates
adäquates
22,363 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Achilleus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Achilleus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [aˈxɪlɔɪ̯s] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,636 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Achilleus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Achilleus is uncommon German at frequency #77,636 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [aˈxɪlɔɪ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Achilleus in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Achilleus, spelled A-C-H-I-L-L-E-U-S.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
- 2in der griechischen Mythologie ein beinahe unverwundbarer Held der Griechen (Achaier) vor Troja
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Achilleus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Ausflug mit Achilleus letzte Woche war großartig.
Der Held Achilleus war der Sage nach nur an der Ferse verwundbar.
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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