Archon
[ˈaʁçɔn]
The verdict
“Archon” is uncommon German (frequency #77,681 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,681
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ranghoher Beamter
Corpus desk
Index DE-archon · Archon · German
Archon · rank #77,681 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,681
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Arbeitsprogra…
Nearest frequency peer: Arbeitsprogramm (-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 „Archon“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- anziehst
anziehst
22,324 corpus weight
- Arbeitsmigr…
Arbeitsmigranten
22,322 corpus weight
- Arbeitsprog…
Arbeitsprogramm
22,321 corpus weight
- Archon
Archon
22,320 corpus weight
- armour
armour
22,318 corpus weight
- ASAP
ASAP
22,317 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Archon“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Archon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʁçɔn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,681 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Archon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Archon is uncommon German at frequency #77,681 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʁçɔn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ranghoher Beamter".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Archon in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Archon, spelled A-R-C-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1ranghoher Beamter
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Archon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im alten Athen waren es aber auch Inhaber staatlicher Ämter, die durch Los bestimmt wurden, namentlich Richter und auch einzelne Archonten, die mit administrativen Aufgaben betraut waren.“
„Das Plenum, die Vollversammlung aller freien Bürger, entschied, wie schon zu Solons Zeiten, über Krieg und Frieden, es wählte Beamte, die Archonten etwa oder die Chefmilitärs (‚Strategen‘), oder loste sie aus.“
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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