ballistisch
[baˈlɪstɪʃ]
The verdict
“ballistisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flug-, Wurf- und Schussmaschinen sowie deren Geschosse betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-ballistisch · ballistisch · German
ballistisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ballistisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [baˈlɪstɪʃ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ballistisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ballistisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [baˈlɪstɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Flug-, Wurf- und Schussmaschinen sowie deren Geschosse betreffend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ballistisch, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is ballistisch, spelled B-A-L-L-I-S-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Flug-, Wurf- und Schussmaschinen sowie deren Geschosse betreffend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ballistisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die ballistischen Eigenschaften der Rakete waren ungenügend.
This word in other languages
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