Elektroschocker
[eˈlɛktʁoˌʃɔkɐ]
The verdict
“Elektroschocker” is uncommon German (frequency #63,268 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,268
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Waffe, die eine Person durch Elektroschocks kampfunfähig machen soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-elektroschocker · Elektroschocker · German
Elektroschocker · rank #63,268 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,268
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Eitelkeiten
Nearest frequency peer: Eitelkeiten (-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 „Elektroschocker“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Eisenmann
Eisenmann
36,736 corpus weight
- eisernes
eisernes
36,735 corpus weight
- Eitelkeiten
Eitelkeiten
36,734 corpus weight
- Elektroscho…
Elektroschocker
36,733 corpus weight
- enfant
enfant
36,732 corpus weight
- entschiedene
entschiedene
36,731 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Elektroschocker“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Elektroschocker |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eˈlɛktʁoˌʃɔkɐ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #63,268 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Elektroschocker“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Elektroschocker is uncommon German at frequency #63,268 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [eˈlɛktʁoˌʃɔkɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Waffe, die eine Person durch Elektroschocks kampfunfähig machen soll".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Elektroschocker, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Elektroschocker, spelled E-L-E-K-T-R-O-S-C-H-O-C-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1Waffe, die eine Person durch Elektroschocks kampfunfähig machen soll
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Elektroschocker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der 38-Jährige habe eine Gaspistole mit Schalldämpfer und einen Elektroschocker bei sich gehabt, berichtete die Polizei damals.“
„Sie holt einen Eletroschocker hervor und prüft den Akkustand.“
Synonyms
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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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