Cellist
[t͡ʃɛˈlɪst]
The verdict
“Cellist” is uncommon German (frequency #74,437 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,437
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (männliche^☆) Person, die Cello spielt
Corpus desk
Index DE-cellist · Cellist · German
Cellist · rank #74,437 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,437
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH cement
Nearest frequency peer: cement (+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 „Cellist“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- canto
canto
25,569 corpus weight
- Cellist
Cellist
25,564 corpus weight
- cement
cement
25,563 corpus weight
- chambre
chambre
25,561 corpus weight
- charmantes
charmantes
25,560 corpus weight
- cheats
cheats
25,559 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Cellist“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cellist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃɛˈlɪst] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Cellist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Cellist is uncommon German at frequency #74,437 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡ʃɛˈlɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(männliche^☆) Person, die Cello spielt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Cellist, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Cellist, spelled C-E-L-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1(männliche^☆) Person, die Cello spielt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Cellist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bis Celli, Cellisten, Koffer, Kisten, Taschen in den zugeteilten Stockwerken sind, ist die Zeit gekommen, bis zu der wieder alles unten sein muss, um die Proben pünktlich zu erreichen.“
„Er war nach den mir überlieferten Berichten der Cellist im Bunde.“
Synonyms
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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