effektive

/[ɛfɛkˈtiːvə]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,416

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

effektive is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs effektiv Pronounced [ɛfɛkˈtiːvə]. Often confused with effektiver and effektiven.

Key facts for effektive
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Headwordeffektive
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ɛfɛkˈtiːvə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#11,416
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of effektive in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for effektive is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛfɛkˈtiːvə]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,416 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for effektive, with forms such as "efefktive", "efektive", and "effekitve". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "effektiver", "effektiven", "effektives", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is effektive, spelled E-F-F-E-K-T-I-V-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs effektiv
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs effektiv
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs effektiv
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs effektiv
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs effektiv
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs effektiv
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs effektiv
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs effektiv
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs effektiv

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efefktive,efektive,effekitve,effekktive,effektiev,effektivve,effekttive,effektvie,effetkive,effketive,fefektive

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for effektive

Misspelling Variants of "effektive"

efefktive9efektive8effekitve9effekktive10effektiev9effektivve10effekttive10effektvie9
Misspelling Variants of "effektive"

Frequency rank: #11,416 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "effektive"?
"effektive" is spelled E-F-F-E-K-T-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛfɛkˈtiːvə].
What does "effektive" mean?
As an adj, "effektive" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs effektiv
What words are commonly confused with "effektive"?
"effektive" is commonly confused with "effektiver", "effektiven", "effektives". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "effektive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "effektive" is [ɛfɛkˈtiːvə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "effektive" come from?
"effektive" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.