ballistische

[baˈlɪstɪʃə]

/[baˈlɪstɪʃə]/ adj

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The verdict

“ballistische” is uncommon German (frequency #86,230 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,230
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ballistisch

Corpus desk

Index DE-ballistische · ballistische · German

ballistische · rank #86,230 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,230
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bahnhofsmissi…

Nearest frequency peer: Bahnhofsmission (-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 „ballistische“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ballistische
PropertyValue
Headwordballistische
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[baˈlɪstɪʃə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#86,230
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ballistische“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ballistischefällt 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: „Bahnhofsmission“ (#86,229), „Balzers“ (#86,231), „Backpacker“ (#86,228). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „ballistische“ bei #86,230. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ballistische is uncommon German at frequency #86,230 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [baˈlɪstɪʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for ballistische in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 ballistische, spelled B-A-L-L-I-S-T-I-S-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ballistisch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ballistisch
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ballistisch
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ballistisch
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ballistisch
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ballistisch
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ballistisch
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ballistisch
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ballistisch

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 "ballistische"?
"ballistische" is spelled B-A-L-L-I-S-T-I-S-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [baˈlɪstɪʃə].
What does "ballistische" mean?
As an adjective, "ballistische" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ballistisch
How do you pronounce "ballistische"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ballistische" is [baˈlɪstɪʃə]. 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 "ballistische", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bandkollegen#86,233Bandmitglied#86,234ausfallenden#86,205beschädigter#86,268

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list