Drittligist

[ˈdʁɪtliˌɡɪst]

/[ˈdʁɪtliˌɡɪst]/ noun

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The verdict

“Drittligist” is uncommon German (frequency #75,543 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,543
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der dritten Liga spielende Sportmannschaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-drittligist · Drittligist · German

Drittligist · rank #75,543 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,543
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dreizack

Nearest frequency peer: Dreizack (-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 „Drittligist“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Drittligist
PropertyValue
HeadwordDrittligist
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdʁɪtliˌɡɪst]
Letters11
Frequency rank#75,543
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Drittligist“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dreizack“ (#75,542), „Drittländern“ (#75,544), „drapiert“ (#75,541). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Drittligist“ bei #75,543. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Drittligist is uncommon German at frequency #75,543 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁɪtliˌɡɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der dritten Liga spielende Sportmannschaft".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Drittligist, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Drittligist, spelled D-R-I-T-T-L-I-G-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    in der dritten Liga spielende Sportmannschaft

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Drittligist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Erstligist setzte sich mit fünf zu null gegen den Drittligisten durch.

Antonyms

ErstligistZweitligist

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 "Drittligist"?
"Drittligist" is spelled D-R-I-T-T-L-I-G-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʁɪtliˌɡɪst].
What does "Drittligist" mean?
As a noun, "Drittligist" means: in der dritten Liga spielende Sportmannschaft
How do you pronounce "Drittligist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Drittligist" is [ˈdʁɪtliˌɡɪst]. 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 "Drittligist", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Dissonanzen#75,534Dinkelsbühl#75,532entjungfert#75,573erträgliche#75,599

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list