Amethyst
[ameˈtʏst]
The verdict
“Amethyst” is an uncommon German word, ranked #67,977 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #67,977
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mineral, Varietät des Quarz, durchsichtiger Halbedelstein von violetter Farbe, der als Schmuckstein getragen wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amethyst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ameˈtʏst] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Amethyst” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Amethyst is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ameˈtʏst]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,977 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mineral, Varietät des Quarz, durchsichtiger Halbedelstein von violetter Farbe, der als Schmuckstein getragen wird".
Amethyst doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Amethyst, spelled A-M-E-T-H-Y-S-T.
Definition
- 1Mineral, Varietät des Quarz, durchsichtiger Halbedelstein von violetter Farbe, der als Schmuckstein getragen wird
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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Using “Amethyst”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-M-E-T-H-Y-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ameˈtʏst] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.