elevator
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The verdict
“elevator” is uncommon German (frequency #76,711 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,711
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fahrstuhl
Corpus desk
Index DE-elevator · elevator · German
elevator · rank #76,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,711
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH elfjähriger
Nearest frequency peer: elfjähriger (+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 „elevator“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ekelhaftes
ekelhaftes
23,293 corpus weight
- Elegie
Elegie
23,292 corpus weight
- elevator
elevator
23,290 corpus weight
- elfjähriger
elfjähriger
23,289 corpus weight
- Eloquenz
Eloquenz
23,288 corpus weight
- emanzipierte
emanzipierte
23,287 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „elevator“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elevator |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „elevator“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
elevator is uncommon German at frequency #76,711 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fahrstuhl".
elevator has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is elevator, spelled E-L-E-V-A-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Fahrstuhl
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how elevator appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the elevator she pressed the button for the basement.
Synonyms
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "elevator", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).