ehrbar
[ˈeːɐ̯baːɐ̯]
The verdict
“ehrbar” is uncommon German (frequency #91,507 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,507
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anerkennung und Wertschätzung verdienend
Corpus desk
Index DE-ehrbar · ehrbar · German
ehrbar · rank #91,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,507
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH efficient
Nearest frequency peer: efficient (-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 „ehrbar“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- echoes
echoes
8,497 corpus weight
- efficient
efficient
8,495 corpus weight
- ehrbar
ehrbar
8,494 corpus weight
- Eigenkapita…
Eigenkapitalquote
8,493 corpus weight
- einfacherer
einfacherer
8,492 corpus weight
- eingefleisc…
eingefleischten
8,491 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ehrbar“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ehrbar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈeːɐ̯baːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ehrbar“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ehrbar is uncommon German at frequency #91,507 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈeːɐ̯baːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anerkennung und Wertschätzung verdienend".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ehrbar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is ehrbar, spelled E-H-R-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1Anerkennung und Wertschätzung verdienend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ehrbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Für eine gemeinnützige Stiftung unentgeltlich zu arbeiten, ist eine ehrbare Aufgabe.
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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