Athletin
[atˈleːtɪn]
The verdict
“Athletin” is uncommon German (frequency #51,933 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,933
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die Sport treibt oder an einem Wettkampf teilnimmt; Sportlerin, Wettkämpferin
Corpus desk
Index DE-athletin · Athletin · German
Athletin · rank #51,933 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,933
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH asylum
Nearest frequency peer: asylum (-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 „Athletin“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Arithmetik
Arithmetik
48,071 corpus weight
- armseligen
armseligen
48,070 corpus weight
- asylum
asylum
48,069 corpus weight
- Athletin
Athletin
48,068 corpus weight
- aufgetan
aufgetan
48,067 corpus weight
- aufgezählten
aufgezählten
48,066 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Athletin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Athletin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [atˈleːtɪn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,933 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Athletin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Athletin is uncommon German at frequency #51,933 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [atˈleːtɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Athletin in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Athletin, spelled A-T-H-L-E-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die Sport treibt oder an einem Wettkampf teilnimmt; Sportlerin, Wettkämpferin
- 2weibliche Person mit kräftigem Körperbau und ausgeprägter Muskulatur
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Athletin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Athletin hat soeben das Ziel durchquert.
„Depressionen im Spitzensport sind seit den Suiziden bekannter Athleten und Athletinnen ein Dauerthema im öffentlichen Diskurs.“
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).