desaströs
[dezasˈtʁøːs]
The verdict
“desaströs” is uncommon German (frequency #77,847 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,847
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu extremen Enttäuschungen, Mängeln, Zerstörungen führend
Corpus desk
Index DE-desastros · desaströs · German
desaströs · rank #77,847 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,847
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Deponien
Nearest frequency peer: Deponien (-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 „desaströs“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- demente
demente
22,159 corpus weight
- dementen
dementen
22,158 corpus weight
- dementierte
dementierte
22,157 corpus weight
- Deponien
Deponien
22,155 corpus weight
- desaströs
desaströs
22,154 corpus weight
- determiniert
determiniert
22,150 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „desaströs“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desaströs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [dezasˈtʁøːs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,847 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „desaströs“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
desaströs is uncommon German at frequency #77,847 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [dezasˈtʁøːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu extremen Enttäuschungen, Mängeln, Zerstörungen führend".
No misspelling variants are generated for desaströs in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is desaströs, spelled D-E-S-A-S-T-R-Ö-S.
Definition
- 1zu extremen Enttäuschungen, Mängeln, Zerstörungen führend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how desaströs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Kleinwagen ist in einem desaströsen Zustand.
„Die Reaktorkatastrophe sei ein desaströser Anlass, »doch zugleich auch eine Chance, von einem Pfad abzukommen, der Kollaps, Katastrophen und Kriege heraufbeschwört«, sagt er.“
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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