Adelstitel

[ˈaːdl̩sˌtiːtl̩]

/[ˈaːdl̩sˌtiːtl̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Adelstitel” is uncommon German (frequency #67,959 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,959
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein besonderer Namenszusatz (Titel), der nur einer Person aus dem Adelsstand zukommt oder der eine Person in den Adelsstand befördert

Corpus desk

Index DE-adelstitel · Adelstitel · German

Adelstitel · rank #67,959 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,959
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH actual

Nearest frequency peer: actual (-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 „Adelstitel“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Adelstitel
PropertyValue
HeadwordAdelstitel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaːdl̩sˌtiːtl̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#67,959
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Adelstitel“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „actual“ (#67,958), „adios“ (#67,960), „abzuführen“ (#67,957). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Adelstitel“ bei #67,959. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Adelstitel is uncommon German at frequency #67,959 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaːdl̩sˌtiːtl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein besonderer Namenszusatz (Titel), der nur einer Person aus dem Adelsstand zukommt oder der eine Person in den Adelsstand befördert".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Adelstitel, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Adelstitel, spelled A-D-E-L-S-T-I-T-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein besonderer Namenszusatz (Titel), der nur einer Person aus dem Adelsstand zukommt oder der eine Person in den Adelsstand befördert

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Habsburger Monarchie hat Österreich zum größten Reich Europas gemacht. 1919 wurden die Adelstitel abgeschafft und die Armee verlor an Bedeutung.“
  2. „Als Junge war es ihm nie eingefallen, seinen Onkel danach zu fragen, was aus der Comtesse geworden sei – und woher hatte er überhaupt ihren Adelstitel gewusst?“

This word in other languages

título nobiliario(Español)titre de noblesse(Français)

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 "Adelstitel"?
"Adelstitel" is spelled A-D-E-L-S-T-I-T-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaːdl̩sˌtiːtl̩].
What does "Adelstitel" mean?
As a noun, "Adelstitel" means: ein besonderer Namenszusatz (Titel), der nur einer Person aus dem Adelsstand zukommt oder der eine Person in den Adelsstand befördert
How do you pronounce "Adelstitel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Adelstitel" is [ˈaːdl̩sˌtiːtl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Adelstitel" come from?
"Adelstitel" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

abzuführen#67,957überstimmt#67,943überrollen#67,941Anfängerin#67,979

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list