Compiler
[kɔmˈpaɪ̯lɐ]
The verdict
“Compiler” is uncommon German (frequency #51,205 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,205
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Programm, das in einer Quellsprache geschriebenen Quelltext in eine bestimmte Zielsprache (zum Beispiel) Maschinensprache) übersetzt
Corpus desk
Index DE-compiler · Compiler · German
Compiler · rank #51,205 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,205
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH companies
Nearest frequency peer: companies (-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 „Compiler“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- chronologis…
chronologische
48,799 corpus weight
- Comedians
Comedians
48,798 corpus weight
- companies
companies
48,797 corpus weight
- Compiler
Compiler
48,796 corpus weight
- Compton
Compton
48,795 corpus weight
- condition
condition
48,794 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Compiler“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Compiler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔmˈpaɪ̯lɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,205 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Compiler“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Compiler is uncommon German at frequency #51,205 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔmˈpaɪ̯lɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Programm, das in einer Quellsprache geschriebenen Quelltext in eine bestimmte Zielsprache (zum Beispiel) Maschinensprache) übersetzt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Compiler, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Compiler, spelled C-O-M-P-I-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1ein Programm, das in einer Quellsprache geschriebenen Quelltext in eine bestimmte Zielsprache (zum Beispiel) Maschinensprache) übersetzt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Compiler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Compiler übersetzt den von Menschen lesbaren Quelltext in die für den Computer verständliche Maschinensprache.
Antonyms
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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