ekelhaftes

[ˈeːkl̩haftəs]

/[ˈeːkl̩haftəs]/ adj

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The verdict

“ekelhaftes” is uncommon German (frequency #76,708 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,708
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ekelhaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-ekelhaftes · ekelhaftes · German

ekelhaftes · rank #76,708 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,708
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Eisvogel

Nearest frequency peer: Eisvogel (-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 „ekelhaftes“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ekelhaftes
PropertyValue
Headwordekelhaftes
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈeːkl̩haftəs]
Letters10
Frequency rank#76,708
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ekelhaftes“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ekelhaftesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Eisvogel“ (#76,707), „Elegie“ (#76,709), „Eisenbahnstrecke“ (#76,705). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „ekelhaftes“ bei #76,708. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ekelhaftes is uncommon German at frequency #76,708 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈeːkl̩haftəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ekelhaftes, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 ekelhaftes, spelled E-K-E-L-H-A-F-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ekelhaft
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ekelhaft
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ekelhaft
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ekelhaft

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 "ekelhaftes"?
"ekelhaftes" is spelled E-K-E-L-H-A-F-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeːkl̩haftəs].
What does "ekelhaftes" mean?
As an adjective, "ekelhaftes" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ekelhaft
How do you pronounce "ekelhaftes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ekelhaftes" is [ˈeːkl̩haftəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ekelhaftes" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list