achteinhalb

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The verdict

“achteinhalb” is uncommon German (frequency #89,910 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,910
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - acht Ganze und ein Halbes

Corpus desk

Index DE-achteinhalb · achteinhalb · German

achteinhalb · rank #89,910 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,910
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Abzugs

Nearest frequency peer: Abzugs (-2 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 „achteinhalb“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for achteinhalb
PropertyValue
Headwordachteinhalb
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNumeral
IPA[…]
Letters11
Frequency rank#89,910
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „achteinhalb“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).achteinhalbfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Abzugs“ (#89,908), „adulten“ (#89,912), „abzog“ (#89,907). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „achteinhalb“ bei #89,910. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

achteinhalb is uncommon German at frequency #89,910 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anumeral, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "acht Ganze und ein Halbes".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for achteinhalb, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 achteinhalb, spelled A-C-H-T-E-I-N-H-A-L-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    acht Ganze und ein Halbes

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Das Licht von unserer Sonne reist achteinhalb Minuten, bis es auf der Erdoberfläche ankommt.“

Synonyms

achtundeinhalb

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 "achteinhalb"?
"achteinhalb" is spelled A-C-H-T-E-I-N-H-A-L-B. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "achteinhalb" mean?
As a numeral, "achteinhalb" means: acht Ganze und ein Halbes
How do you pronounce "achteinhalb"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "achteinhalb" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "achteinhalb" come from?
"achteinhalb" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abstehenden#89,906abgestellte#89,903alarmierten#89,922Anbindungen#89,932

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list