asynchron

[ˈazʏnˌkʁoːn]

/[ˈazʏnˌkʁoːn]/ adj

The verdict

“asynchron” is uncommon German (frequency #83,673 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,673
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht gleichzeitig ablaufend, ein unterschiedliches Tempo aufweisend, zeitlich beziehungsweise vom Ablauf her nicht übereinstimmend

Corpus desk

Index DE-asynchron · asynchron · German

asynchron · rank #83,673 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,673
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH ashes

Nearest frequency peer: ashes (-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 „asynchron“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „asynchron“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for asynchron
PropertyValue
Headwordasynchron
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈazʏnˌkʁoːn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#83,673
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „asynchron“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).asynchronfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ashes“ (#83,672), „atmosphärischer“ (#83,674), „arterielle“ (#83,671). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „asynchron“ bei #83,673. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

asynchron is uncommon German at frequency #83,673 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈazʏnˌkʁoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht gleichzeitig ablaufend, ein unterschiedliches Tempo aufweisend, zeitlich beziehungsweise vom Ablauf her nicht übereinstimmend".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for asynchron, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 asynchron, spelled A-S-Y-N-C-H-R-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht gleichzeitig ablaufend, ein unterschiedliches Tempo aufweisend, zeitlich beziehungsweise vom Ablauf her nicht übereinstimmend

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "asynchron"?
"asynchron" is spelled A-S-Y-N-C-H-R-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈazʏnˌkʁoːn].
What does "asynchron" mean?
As an adjective, "asynchron" means: nicht gleichzeitig ablaufend, ein unterschiedliches Tempo aufweisend, zeitlich beziehungsweise vom Ablauf her nicht übereinstimmend
How do you pronounce "asynchron"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asynchron" is [ˈazʏnˌkʁoːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "asynchron", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list