distinktiv
[dɪstɪŋkˈtiːf]
The verdict
“distinktiv” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unterscheidend
Corpus desk
Index DE-distinktiv · distinktiv · German
distinktiv · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | distinktiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [dɪstɪŋkˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „distinktiv“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
distinktiv is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [dɪstɪŋkˈtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for distinktiv, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is distinktiv, spelled D-I-S-T-I-N-K-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1unterscheidend
- 2Eigenschaft von Phonemen oder phonologischen Merkmalen, die Bedeutung von Wörtern in Minimalpaaren zu unterscheiden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how distinktiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Sachverhalte sind nicht wirklch vergleichbar, da sie jeweils wesentliche distinktive Merkmale aufweisen.
In dem Wortpaar (in diesem Fall auch Minimalpaar) „Mahl“ ([maːl]) - „Mehl“ ([meːl]) erweisen sich die Phoneme [aː] und [eː] als distinktiv, da man nur an ihrem Lautgegensatz die unterschiedliche Bedeutung der beiden Wörter erkennen kann.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.