Atoll
[aˈtɔl]
The verdict
“Atoll” is uncommon German (frequency #66,986 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,986
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ringförmige Koralleninsel oder Inselgruppe mit Lagune
Corpus desk
Index DE-atoll · Atoll · German
Atoll · rank #66,986 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,986
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH astronomisch
Nearest frequency peer: astronomisch (-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 „Atoll“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Arbeitsverh…
Arbeitsverhältnissen
33,018 corpus weight
- astronomisch
astronomisch
33,016 corpus weight
- Atoll
Atoll
33,015 corpus weight
- Attischen
Attischen
33,014 corpus weight
- Aub
Aub
33,013 corpus weight
- aufbürden
aufbürden
33,012 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Atoll“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Atoll |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈtɔl] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Atoll“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Atoll is uncommon German at frequency #66,986 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈtɔl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ringförmige Koralleninsel oder Inselgruppe mit Lagune".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Atoll in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Atoll, spelled A-T-O-L-L.
Definition
- 1ringförmige Koralleninsel oder Inselgruppe mit Lagune
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Atoll appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Erst Postsachen, die das Atoll Jaluit berührten, erhielten zusätzlich einen Poststempel.“
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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