eloquent
[ˌeloˈkvɛnt]
The verdict
“eloquent” is an uncommon German word, ranked #61,454 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #61,454
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fähig, sich angemessen und wirkungsvoll auszudrücken
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eloquent |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌeloˈkvɛnt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “eloquent” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for eloquent is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌeloˈkvɛnt]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,454 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1fähig, sich angemessen und wirkungsvoll auszudrücken
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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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Using “eloquent”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-L-O-Q-U-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌeloˈkvɛnt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.