efficient

[ɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt]

/[ɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt]/ adj

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The verdict

“efficient” is uncommon German (frequency #91,506 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,506
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit dem kleinsten Einsatz an Ressourcen die maximale Produktivität erreichend; maximal produktiv, bei geringstem Verlust von Betriebsmitteln

Corpus desk

Index DE-efficient · efficient · German

efficient · rank #91,506 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,506
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH ehrbar

Nearest frequency peer: ehrbar (+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 „efficient“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for efficient
PropertyValue
Headwordefficient
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#91,506
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „efficient“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).efficientfällt 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: „ehrbar“ (#91,507), „echoes“ (#91,504), „Eigenkapitalquote“ (#91,508). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „efficient“ bei #91,506. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

efficient is uncommon German at frequency #91,506 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit dem kleinsten Einsatz an Ressourcen die maximale Produktivität erreichend; maximal produktiv, bei geringstem Verlust von Betriebsmitteln".

No misspelling variants are generated for efficient in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is efficient, spelled E-F-F-I-C-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit dem kleinsten Einsatz an Ressourcen die maximale Produktivität erreichend; maximal produktiv, bei geringstem Verlust von Betriebsmitteln

Antonyms

inefficient

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 "efficient"?
"efficient" is spelled E-F-F-I-C-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt].
What does "efficient" mean?
As an adjective, "efficient" means: mit dem kleinsten Einsatz an Ressourcen die maximale Produktivität erreichend; maximal produktiv, bei geringstem Verlust von Betriebsmitteln
How do you pronounce "efficient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "efficient" is [ɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "efficient" come from?
"efficient" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "efficient", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dümmliche#91,503einjährig#91,512einnisten#91,513dreierlei#91,488

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list