effort
[ˈɛfət]
The verdict
“effort” is uncommon German (frequency #83,877 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,877
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anstrengung, Aufwand, Bemühen, Mühe
Corpus desk
Index DE-effort · effort · German
effort · rank #83,877 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,877
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH effizienteste
Nearest frequency peer: effizienteste (-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 „effort“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Eckhaus
Eckhaus
16,127 corpus weight
- Edelmetallen
Edelmetallen
16,126 corpus weight
- effizientes…
effizienteste
16,125 corpus weight
- effort
effort
16,124 corpus weight
- Ehlert
Ehlert
16,123 corpus weight
- EIB
EIB
16,122 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „effort“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | effort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛfət] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „effort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
effort is uncommon German at frequency #83,877 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛfət]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for effort, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is effort, spelled E-F-F-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Anstrengung, Aufwand, Bemühen, Mühe
- 2Versuch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how effort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The rock was moved with effort.
Our effort to save him failed.
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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