Ekliptik

[ɛkˈlɪptɪk]

/[ɛkˈlɪptɪk]/ noun

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 ...

Corpus desk

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ekliptik
PropertyValue
HeadwordEkliptik
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛkˈlɪptɪk]
Letters8
Frequency rank#87,642
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ekliptik“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Entgegnung“ (#87,643), „Eisenwaren“ (#87,640), „entgeistert“ (#87,644). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Ekliptik“ bei #87,642. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    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 Himmel und des Verlaufes der Erde um die Sonne

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Ekliptik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Betrachtet man die Sonne in der Ekliptik, so wandert sie im Uhrzeigersinn.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ekliptik"?
"Ekliptik" is spelled E-K-L-I-P-T-I-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛkˈlɪptɪk].
What does "Ekliptik" mean?
As a noun, "Ekliptik" means: 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 ...
How do you pronounce "Ekliptik"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ekliptik" is [ɛkˈlɪptɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ekliptik" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list