cleaner

[ˈkliːnɐ]

/[ˈkliːnɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“cleaner” is uncommon German (frequency #82,633 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,633
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs clean

Corpus desk

Index DE-cleaner · cleaner · German

cleaner · rank #82,633 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,633
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH clap

Nearest frequency peer: clap (-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 „cleaner“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cleaner
PropertyValue
Headwordcleaner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkliːnɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#82,633
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „cleaner“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).cleanerfällt 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: „clap“ (#82,632), „Cliquen“ (#82,634), „cielo“ (#82,631). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „cleaner“ bei #82,633. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cleaner is uncommon German at frequency #82,633 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkliːnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for cleaner in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is cleaner, spelled C-L-E-A-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs clean
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs clean
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs clean
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs clean
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs clean

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 "cleaner"?
"cleaner" is spelled C-L-E-A-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkliːnɐ].
What does "cleaner" mean?
As an adjective, "cleaner" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs clean
How do you pronounce "cleaner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cleaner" is [ˈkliːnɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cleaner" come from?
"cleaner" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cleaner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Cliquen#82,634covered#82,642Callboy#82,614Denkern#82,652

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list