Ekliptik
[ɛkˈlɪptɪk]
The verdict
“Ekliptik” is uncommon German (frequency #87,642 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,642
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Großkreis, in dem die Ebene der Bahn der Erde die Himmelskugel schneidet sowie die kreisförmige Bahn, die die Sonne im Verlaufe eines Jahres beschreibt; Projektionen des Verlaufes der Sonne am ...
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Index DE-ekliptik · Ekliptik · German
Ekliptik · rank #87,642 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,642
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Entgegnung
Nearest frequency peer: Entgegnung (+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 „Ekliptik“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- einzufinden
einzufinden
12,362 corpus weight
- Eisenwaren
Eisenwaren
12,361 corpus weight
- Ekliptik
Ekliptik
12,359 corpus weight
- Entgegnung
Entgegnung
12,358 corpus weight
- entgeistert
entgeistert
12,357 corpus weight
- entgiften
entgiften
12,356 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ekliptik“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ekliptik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛkˈlɪptɪk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ekliptik“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ekliptik is uncommon German at frequency #87,642 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛkˈlɪptɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Großkreis, in dem die Ebene der Bahn der Erde die Himmelskugel schneidet sowie die kreisförmige Bahn, die die Sonne im Verlaufe eines Jahres beschreibt; Projektionen des Verlaufes der Sonne am ...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ekliptik, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Ekliptik, spelled E-K-L-I-P-T-I-K.
Definition
- 1der Großkreis, in dem die Ebene der Bahn der Erde die Himmelskugel schneidet sowie die kreisförmige Bahn, die die Sonne im Verlaufe eines Jahres beschreibt; Projektionen des Verlaufes der Sonne am Himmel und des Verlaufes der Erde um die Sonne
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ekliptik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Betrachtet man die Sonne in der Ekliptik, so wandert sie im Uhrzeigersinn.
Vom Nordpol der Ekliptik aus betrachtet dreht sich die Erde gegen den Uhrzeigersinn.
Synonyms
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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