ekliges

[ˈeːklɪɡəs]

/[ˈeːklɪɡəs]/ adj

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The verdict

“ekliges” is uncommon German (frequency #75,564 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,564
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 eklig

Corpus desk

Index DE-ekliges · ekliges · German

ekliges · rank #75,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,564
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH einzogen

Nearest frequency peer: einzogen (-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 „ekliges“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ekliges
PropertyValue
Headwordekliges
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈeːklɪɡəs]
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,564
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ekliges“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „einzogen“ (#75,563), „ele“ (#75,565), „einzigem“ (#75,562). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „ekliges“ bei #75,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ekliges is uncommon German at frequency #75,564 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈeːklɪɡəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for ekliges in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is ekliges, spelled E-K-L-I-G-E-S.

Definition

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

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 "ekliges"?
"ekliges" is spelled E-K-L-I-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeːklɪɡəs].
What does "ekliges" mean?
As an adjective, "ekliges" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eklig
How do you pronounce "ekliges"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ekliges" is [ˈeːklɪɡəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ekliges" come from?
"ekliges" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

enormem#75,571Editors#75,553doubles#75,539erlegte#75,590

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list