Akrostichon
[aˈkʁɔstɪçɔn]
The verdict
“Akrostichon” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gedicht als Wortspiel, bei dem die Anfangsbuchstaben, -silben oder -wörter der Verse hintereinandergereiht einen Namen oder einen sinnvollen Satz bilden
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Index DE-akrostichon · Akrostichon · German
Akrostichon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Akrostichon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈkʁɔstɪçɔn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Akrostichon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Akrostichon is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈkʁɔstɪçɔn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gedicht als Wortspiel, bei dem die Anfangsbuchstaben, -silben oder -wörter der Verse hintereinandergereiht einen Namen oder einen sinnvollen Satz bilden".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Akrostichon, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Akrostichon, spelled A-K-R-O-S-T-I-C-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Gedicht als Wortspiel, bei dem die Anfangsbuchstaben, -silben oder -wörter der Verse hintereinandergereiht einen Namen oder einen sinnvollen Satz bilden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Akrostichon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sprachspiele wie zum Beispiel das Akrostichon gab es schon in der Antike.
„An Bilderrätseln, Rebussen und Akrosticha versucht er sich immer wieder.“
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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.