Actionfilm

[ˈɛkt͡ʃn̩ˌfɪlm]

/[ˈɛkt͡ʃn̩ˌfɪlm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Actionfilm” is uncommon German (frequency #55,093 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,093
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aktionsreicher, zumeist von spektakulär inszenierten Kampf- und Gewaltszenen beherrschter Film

Corpus desk

Index DE-actionfilm · Actionfilm · German

Actionfilm · rank #55,093 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,093
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abzählen

Nearest frequency peer: abzählen (-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 „Actionfilm“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Actionfilm
PropertyValue
HeadwordActionfilm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛkt͡ʃn̩ˌfɪlm]
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,093
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Actionfilm“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Actionfilmfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abzählen“ (#55,092), „Adjutanten“ (#55,094), „abtasten“ (#55,091). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Actionfilm“ bei #55,093. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Actionfilm is uncommon German at frequency #55,093 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛkt͡ʃn̩ˌfɪlm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aktionsreicher, zumeist von spektakulär inszenierten Kampf- und Gewaltszenen beherrschter Film".

Actionfilm doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Actionfilm, spelled A-C-T-I-O-N-F-I-L-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    aktionsreicher, zumeist von spektakulär inszenierten Kampf- und Gewaltszenen beherrschter Film

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Terminator“ ist ein Actionfilm.
  2. „Die tragende Rolle des Einzelnen wird selbst in Hollywood-Filmen widergespiegelt: In jedem dritten Actionfilm bekommt ein ganz normaler Typ plötzlich den Job aufgebrummt, ganz allein die Stadt, den Staat oder gar die Welt zu retten.“

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 "Actionfilm"?
"Actionfilm" is spelled A-C-T-I-O-N-F-I-L-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛkt͡ʃn̩ˌfɪlm].
What does "Actionfilm" mean?
As a noun, "Actionfilm" means: aktionsreicher, zumeist von spektakulär inszenierten Kampf- und Gewaltszenen beherrschter Film
How do you pronounce "Actionfilm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Actionfilm" is [ˈɛkt͡ʃn̩ˌfɪlm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Actionfilm" come from?
"Actionfilm" 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 "Actionfilm", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Adjutanten#55,094Ablagerung#55,087algerische#55,099abgemagert#55,086

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list