actor
[ˈæktə]
The verdict
“actor” is an uncommon German word, ranked #73,203 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #73,203
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, die in einer Rolle auftritt: Schauspieler, Schauspielerin
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | actor |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈæktə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,203 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “actor” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for actor is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈæktə]. Corpus data places it at rank #73,203 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Person, die in einer Rolle auftritt: Schauspieler, Schauspielerin".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for actor, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is actor, spelled A-C-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die in einer Rolle auftritt: Schauspieler, Schauspielerin
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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Using “actor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-C-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈæktə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.