Albatros
[ˈalbatʁɔs]
The verdict
“Albatros” is uncommon German (frequency #51,092 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,092
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vogel aus der Familie Diomedeidae (Albatrosse)
Corpus desk
Index DE-albatros · Albatros · German
Albatros · rank #51,092 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,092
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH aktualisierten
Nearest frequency peer: aktualisierten (-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 „Albatros“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Aderlass
Aderlass
48,914 corpus weight
- Adriano
Adriano
48,912 corpus weight
- Aktiva
Aktiva
48,911 corpus weight
- aktualisier…
aktualisierten
48,910 corpus weight
- Albatros
Albatros
48,909 corpus weight
- Ampere
Ampere
48,905 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Albatros“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Albatros |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈalbatʁɔs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Albatros“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Albatros is uncommon German at frequency #51,092 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈalbatʁɔs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Albatros in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Albatros, spelled A-L-B-A-T-R-O-S.
Definition
- 1Vogel aus der Familie Diomedeidae (Albatrosse)
- 2drei Schläge weniger als das Par an einem Loch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Albatros appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Albatros ist der König der Küsten und Meere, und sein eleganter Flugstil ist beeindruckend.
„Schon das tierische ‚Begrüßungskomitee‘ wird Darwin verwundert haben: Albatrosse werden am 15. September 1835 wohl die Ersten gewesen sein, die die nahende ‚HMS Beagle‘ inspizierten. Höchst ungewöhnlich, denn Albatrosse halten sich von den Tropen eigentlich fern – in warmen Gewässern finden sie nicht genug zu fressen.“
This word in other languages
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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