Dreadlocks
[ˈdʁɛtˌlɔks]
The verdict
“Dreadlocks” is uncommon German (frequency #70,164 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,164
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frisur mit verfilzten Haarsträhnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-dreadlocks · Dreadlocks · German
Dreadlocks · rank #70,164 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,164
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dou
Nearest frequency peer: dou (-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 „Dreadlocks“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Donautal
Donautal
29,840 corpus weight
- doofes
doofes
29,839 corpus weight
- dou
dou
29,838 corpus weight
- Dreadlocks
Dreadlocks
29,837 corpus weight
- Drehorte
Drehorte
29,836 corpus weight
- Dschungels
Dschungels
29,834 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dreadlocks“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dreadlocks |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁɛtˌlɔks] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #70,164 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dreadlocks“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dreadlocks is uncommon German at frequency #70,164 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁɛtˌlɔks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Frisur mit verfilzten Haarsträhnen".
Dreadlocks doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Dreadlocks, spelled D-R-E-A-D-L-O-C-K-S.
Definition
- 1Frisur mit verfilzten Haarsträhnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dreadlocks appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Handys und Rucksäcke liegen am Boden verstreut, einige der jungen Leute tragen Dreadlocks, zerfetzte Jeans, dazu einen Rosenkranz ums Handgelenk.“
„Für die Rastafari gelten ihre Dreadlocks als eine Art Antenne, mit denen sie göttliche Inspirationen erfahren können.“
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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