drahtlos
[ˈdʁaːtloːs]
The verdict
“drahtlos” is uncommon German (frequency #61,426 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,426
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Funkübertragung nicht an Leitungen gebunden
Corpus desk
Index DE-drahtlos · drahtlos · German
drahtlos · rank #61,426 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,426
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dramaturg
Nearest frequency peer: Dramaturg (+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 „drahtlos“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- dorado
dorado
38,578 corpus weight
- Dossiers
Dossiers
38,577 corpus weight
- drahtlos
drahtlos
38,575 corpus weight
- Dramaturg
Dramaturg
38,574 corpus weight
- dreiteiligen
dreiteiligen
38,573 corpus weight
- Drogensucht
Drogensucht
38,572 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „drahtlos“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drahtlos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈdʁaːtloːs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,426 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „drahtlos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
drahtlos is uncommon German at frequency #61,426 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈdʁaːtloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durch Funkübertragung nicht an Leitungen gebunden".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for drahtlos, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is drahtlos, spelled D-R-A-H-T-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1durch Funkübertragung nicht an Leitungen gebunden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drahtlos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… Ist drahtloses Internet in Reichweite, hat ein iPhone-4-Besitzer zwei Möglichkeiten, eine Videokonferenz zu beginnen.
Weil der Tablet-PC immer noch deutlich größer ist als ein Handy, empfiehlt sich eher die Verwendung eines Headsets, das sich drahtlos über Bluetooth mit dem Galaxy Tab verbindet.
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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