eloquent

[ˌeloˈkvɛnt]

/[ˌeloˈkvɛnt]/ adj

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The verdict

“eloquent” is uncommon German (frequency #61,454 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,454
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fähig, sich angemessen und wirkungsvoll auszudrücken

Corpus desk

Index DE-eloquent · eloquent · German

eloquent · rank #61,454 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,454
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH einzugliedern

Nearest frequency peer: einzugliedern (-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 „eloquent“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for eloquent
PropertyValue
Headwordeloquent
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌeloˈkvɛnt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,454
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „eloquent“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).eloquentfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „einzugliedern“ (#61,453), „emigrierte“ (#61,455), „Einsprüche“ (#61,452). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „eloquent“ bei #61,454. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

eloquent is uncommon German at frequency #61,454 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌeloˈkvɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fähig, sich angemessen und wirkungsvoll auszudrücken".

No misspelling variants are generated for eloquent in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is eloquent, spelled E-L-O-Q-U-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    fähig, sich angemessen und wirkungsvoll auszudrücken

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dies ist ein äußerst eloquenter Mann.
  2. Er [der Schauspieler Mehmet Ali Alabora aus Istanbul] moderiert die Veranstaltung eloquent auf Türkisch und Englisch […]

Synonyms

beredtredegewandtschlagfertigsprachgewandtwortgewaltigwortgewandt

Antonyms

sprachgehemmtzurückhaltend

This word in other languages

eloquent(English)elocuente(Español)éloquent(Français)eloqüente(Português)

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 "eloquent"?
"eloquent" is spelled E-L-O-Q-U-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌeloˈkvɛnt].
What does "eloquent" mean?
As an adjective, "eloquent" means: fähig, sich angemessen und wirkungsvoll auszudrücken
How do you pronounce "eloquent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "eloquent" is [ˌeloˈkvɛnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "eloquent" come from?
"eloquent" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

empörend#61,457Dünndarm#61,436exquisit#61,480drahtlos#61,426

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list