Ehrenkodex
[ˈeːʁənˌkoːdɛks]
The verdict
“Ehrenkodex” is uncommon German (frequency #63,247 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,247
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Gesamtheit der in einer Gemeinschaft maßgebenden Vorschriften, um die Ehre zu bewahren oder wiederherzustellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ehrenkodex · Ehrenkodex · German
Ehrenkodex · rank #63,247 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,247
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Eheleuten
Nearest frequency peer: Eheleuten (-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 „Ehrenkodex“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- dörfliche
dörfliche
36,759 corpus weight
- egoistischer
egoistischer
36,756 corpus weight
- Eheleuten
Eheleuten
36,755 corpus weight
- Ehrenkodex
Ehrenkodex
36,754 corpus weight
- eigentümlich
eigentümlich
36,752 corpus weight
- Einbauten
Einbauten
36,750 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ehrenkodex“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ehrenkodex |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːʁənˌkoːdɛks] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #63,247 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ehrenkodex“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ehrenkodex is uncommon German at frequency #63,247 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈeːʁənˌkoːdɛks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Gesamtheit der in einer Gemeinschaft maßgebenden Vorschriften, um die Ehre zu bewahren oder wiederherzustellen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Ehrenkodex in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ehrenkodex, spelled E-H-R-E-N-K-O-D-E-X.
Definition
- 1die Gesamtheit der in einer Gemeinschaft maßgebenden Vorschriften, um die Ehre zu bewahren oder wiederherzustellen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ehrenkodex appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Obwohl Duelle in den meisten Ländern verboten wurden, war der gesellschaftliche Ehrenkodex so stark, dass Duelle noch bis zum Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts weiterlebten.“
„Zum Ehrenkodex gehörte, nicht abzuschreiben und nicht zu lügen.“
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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