Anachoret
[anakoˈʁeːt]
The verdict
“Anachoret” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - asketisch lebender Einsiedler
Corpus desk
Index DE-anachoret · Anachoret · German
Anachoret · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Anachoret |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [anakoˈʁeːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Anachoret“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Anachoret is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [anakoˈʁeːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "asketisch lebender Einsiedler".
Anachoret has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Anachoret, spelled A-N-A-C-H-O-R-E-T.
Definition
- 1asketisch lebender Einsiedler
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Anachoret appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Anders die Anachoreten und Mystiker, die sich traditionell an einsame Orte zurückzuziehen pflegten und für die dem Berggang weiterhin die Bedeutung einer religiös motivierten Entrückung und Vereinzelung zukommt.“
„Er mimt, jedenfalls mir gegenüber, den asketischen Anachoreten, dem du weder mit alkoholischen Getränken noch mit anderen Rauschmitteln kommen kannst, und erst recht nicht mit obszönen Texten.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.