Ayatollah
[ˌajaˈtɔla]
The verdict
“Ayatollah” is uncommon German (frequency #89,985 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,985
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alternative Schreibweise von Ajatollah
Corpus desk
Index DE-ayatollah · Ayatollah · German
Ayatollah · rank #89,985 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,985
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Autarkie
Nearest frequency peer: Autarkie (-2 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 „Ayatollah“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ausstellung…
Ausstellungsräumen
10,020 corpus weight
- auswählte
auswählte
10,019 corpus weight
- Autarkie
Autarkie
10,018 corpus weight
- Ayatollah
Ayatollah
10,016 corpus weight
- babi
babi
10,014 corpus weight
- Babylonien
Babylonien
10,013 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ayatollah“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ayatollah |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌajaˈtɔla] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #89,985 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ayatollah“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ayatollah is uncommon German at frequency #89,985 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌajaˈtɔla]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "alternative Schreibweise von Ajatollah".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ayatollah in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Ayatollah, spelled A-Y-A-T-O-L-L-A-H.
Definition
- 1alternative Schreibweise von Ajatollah
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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