acre

[ˈeɪkə(ɹ)]

/[ˈeɪkə(ɹ)]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for acre
PropertyValue
Headwordacre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈeɪkə(ɹ)]
Letters4
Frequency rank#87,363
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „acre“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.acrefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Achat“ (#87,362), „adelt“ (#87,364), „abzurunden“ (#87,361). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „acre“ bei #87,363. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Morgen; Acre
  2. 2
    Acker

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acre"?
"acre" is spelled A-C-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeɪkə(ɹ)].
What does "acre" mean?
As a noun, "acre" means: Morgen; Acre
How do you pronounce "acre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acre" is [ˈeɪkə(ɹ)]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acre" come from?
"acre" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list