Eloquenz
[ˌeloˈkvɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Eloquenz” is an uncommon German word, ranked #76,713 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #76,713
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fähigkeit, überzeugend zu sprechen; Beredsamkeit
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eloquenz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌeloˈkvɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Eloquenz” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Eloquenz is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌeloˈkvɛnt͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #76,713 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fähigkeit, überzeugend zu sprechen; Beredsamkeit".
No misspelling variants are generated for Eloquenz in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Eloquenz, spelled E-L-O-Q-U-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Fähigkeit, überzeugend zu sprechen; Beredsamkeit
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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 “Eloquenz”
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-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌeloˈkvɛnt͡s] (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.