acre
[ˈeɪkə(ɹ)]
The verdict
“acre” is uncommon German (frequency #87,363 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,363
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Morgen; Acre
Corpus desk
Index DE-acre · acre · German
acre · rank #87,363 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,363
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Achat
Nearest frequency peer: Achat (-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 „acre“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- abzufragen
abzufragen
12,641 corpus weight
- abzurunden
abzurunden
12,640 corpus weight
- Achat
Achat
12,639 corpus weight
- acre
acre
12,638 corpus weight
- adelt
adelt
12,637 corpus weight
- afternoon
afternoon
12,636 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „acre“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acre |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeɪkə(ɹ)] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #87,363 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „acre“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
acre is uncommon German at frequency #87,363 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈeɪkə(ɹ)]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for acre in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is acre, spelled A-C-R-E.
Definition
- 1Morgen; Acre
- 2Acker
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how acre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"He owns more than 100 acres."
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).