deskriptive

[deskʁɪpˈtiːvə]

/[deskʁɪpˈtiːvə]/ adj

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The verdict

“deskriptive” is uncommon German (frequency #81,426 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,426
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-deskriptive · deskriptive · German

deskriptive · rank #81,426 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,426
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH depuis

Nearest frequency peer: depuis (-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 „deskriptive“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for deskriptive
PropertyValue
Headworddeskriptive
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[deskʁɪpˈtiːvə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#81,426
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „deskriptive“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).deskriptivefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „depuis“ (#81,425), „demolieren“ (#81,424), „Diakone“ (#81,428). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „deskriptive“ bei #81,426. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

deskriptive is uncommon German at frequency #81,426 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [deskʁɪpˈtiːvə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for deskriptive, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is deskriptive, spelled D-E-S-K-R-I-P-T-I-V-E.

Definition

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

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 "deskriptive"?
"deskriptive" is spelled D-E-S-K-R-I-P-T-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [deskʁɪpˈtiːvə].
What does "deskriptive" mean?
As an adjective, "deskriptive" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs deskriptiv
How do you pronounce "deskriptive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deskriptive" is [deskʁɪpˈtiːvə]. 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 "deskriptive", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dienstgeber#81,431degradieren#81,419Deformation#81,418Dogmatismus#81,437

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list