actress
[ˈækˌtɹəs]
The verdict
“actress” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die in einer Rolle auftritt: Schauspielerin
Corpus desk
Index DE-actress · actress · German
actress · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | actress |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈækˌtɹəs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „actress“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
actress is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈækˌtɹəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die in einer Rolle auftritt: Schauspielerin".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for actress, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is actress, spelled A-C-T-R-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die in einer Rolle auftritt: Schauspielerin
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how actress appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The lead actress was upset that she made only half as much as the male lead actor.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.