Akribie

[akʁiˈbiː]

/[akʁiˈbiː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Akribie” is uncommon German (frequency #63,091 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,091
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - höchste Sorgsamkeit, höchste Genauigkeit, äußerste Gründlichkeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-akribie · Akribie · German

Akribie · rank #63,091 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,091
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Akronym

Nearest frequency peer: Akronym (+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 „Akribie“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Akribie
PropertyValue
HeadwordAkribie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[akʁiˈbiː]
Letters7
Frequency rank#63,091
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Akribie“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Akronym“ (#63,092), „aktivierten“ (#63,093), „akustischer“ (#63,094). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Akribie“ bei #63,091. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Akribie is uncommon German at frequency #63,091 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [akʁiˈbiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "höchste Sorgsamkeit, höchste Genauigkeit, äußerste Gründlichkeit".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Akribie in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Akribie, spelled A-K-R-I-B-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    höchste Sorgsamkeit, höchste Genauigkeit, äußerste Gründlichkeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er erledigte diese Aufgabe mit großer Akribie.
  2. „Mir wurde bald deutlich, daß man sogenannter objektiver Wahrheit nicht ohne alle erdenkliche Akribie habhaft werden kann.“

Synonyms

GenauigkeitGründlichkeitSorgsamkeitAkkuratesseErbsenzählereiPingeligkeit

Antonyms

OberflächlichkeitSchlampigkeit

This word in other languages

meticulousness(English)rigor(Español)méticulosité(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 "Akribie"?
"Akribie" is spelled A-K-R-I-B-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [akʁiˈbiː].
What does "Akribie" mean?
As a noun, "Akribie" means: höchste Sorgsamkeit, höchste Genauigkeit, äußerste Gründlichkeit
How do you pronounce "Akribie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Akribie" is [akʁiˈbiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Akribie" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Akronym#63,092alcohol#63,095Alpakas#63,097Andrzej#63,102

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list