efficient

/[ɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#91,506

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

efficient is anGermanadj. It means: mit dem kleinsten Einsatz an Ressourcen die maximale Produktivität erreichend; maximal produktiv, bei geringstem Verlust von Betriebsmitteln Pronounced [ɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt].

Key facts for efficient
PropertyValue
Headwordefficient
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#91,506
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for efficient is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt]. Corpus data places it at rank #91,506 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mit dem kleinsten Einsatz an Ressourcen die maximale Produktivität erreichend; maximal produktiv, bei geringstem Verlust von Betriebsmitteln".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for efficient in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 efficient, spelled E-F-F-I-C-I-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

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Frequency rank: #91,506 in German

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 adj, "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?
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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.