Amtsleiter
[ˈamt͡sˌlaɪ̯tɐ]
The verdict
“Amtsleiter” is uncommon German (frequency #78,852 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,852
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Leiter eines Amtes
Corpus desk
Index DE-amtsleiter · Amtsleiter · German
Amtsleiter · rank #78,852 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,852
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Amseln
Nearest frequency peer: Amseln (-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 „Amtsleiter“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- amb
amb
21,152 corpus weight
- amortisiert
amortisiert
21,151 corpus weight
- Amseln
Amseln
21,150 corpus weight
- Amtsleiter
Amtsleiter
21,149 corpus weight
- andauerte
andauerte
21,148 corpus weight
- angemahnt
angemahnt
21,147 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Amtsleiter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amtsleiter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈamt͡sˌlaɪ̯tɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #78,852 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Amtsleiter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Amtsleiter is uncommon German at frequency #78,852 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈamt͡sˌlaɪ̯tɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Leiter eines Amtes".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Amtsleiter, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Amtsleiter, spelled A-M-T-S-L-E-I-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Leiter eines Amtes
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Amtsleiter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Herr Redau war lange Jahr Amtsleiter des Ordnungsamtes in Bargstedt.
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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