destruktiv
[destʁʊkˈtiːf]
The verdict
“destruktiv” is uncommon German (frequency #59,569 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,569
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zerstörend, zersetzend
Corpus desk
Index DE-destruktiv · destruktiv · German
destruktiv · rank #59,569 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,569
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Destillation
Nearest frequency peer: Destillation (-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 „destruktiv“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Desserts
Desserts
40,435 corpus weight
- destabilisi…
destabilisiert
40,434 corpus weight
- Destillation
Destillation
40,433 corpus weight
- destruktiv
destruktiv
40,432 corpus weight
- deutschspra…
deutschsprachiges
40,431 corpus weight
- dimensions
dimensions
40,429 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „destruktiv“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | destruktiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [destʁʊkˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #59,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „destruktiv“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
destruktiv is uncommon German at frequency #59,569 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [destʁʊkˈtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zerstörend, zersetzend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for destruktiv, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is destruktiv, spelled D-E-S-T-R-U-K-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1zerstörend, zersetzend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how destruktiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die große Gefahr besteht, dass ausgerechnet Deutschlands Parlament so die destruktiven Kräfte in Europa stärkt, all jene, die das Ende der europäischen Einigung betreiben“
Diese Waffe ist die destruktivste Massenvernichtungswaffe, die jemals von Menschenhand konstruiert und entwickelt worden ist.
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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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