ekto-
[ˈɛkto]
The verdict
“ekto-” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prefix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - außen, außerhalb
Corpus desk
Index DE-ekto · ekto- · German
ekto- · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ekto- |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Prefix |
| IPA | [ˈɛkto] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ekto-“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ekto- is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aprefix, transcribed [ˈɛkto]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "außen, außerhalb".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ekto-, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 ekto-, spelled E-K-T-O--.
Definition
- 1außen, außerhalb
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ekto- appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Ektoderm ist das äußere Keimblatt des sich entwickelnden Lebewesens.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.