eminent
[emiˈnɛnt]
The verdict
“eminent” is uncommon German (frequency #62,362 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,362
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - herausragend, hervorragend, außerordentlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-eminent · eminent · German
eminent · rank #62,362 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,362
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Emmas
Nearest frequency peer: Emmas (+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 „eminent“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Elb
Elb
37,642 corpus weight
- elektromagn…
elektromagnetischer
37,641 corpus weight
- eminent
eminent
37,639 corpus weight
- Emmas
Emmas
37,638 corpus weight
- entgegenste…
entgegensteht
37,637 corpus weight
- entlockt
entlockt
37,636 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „eminent“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eminent |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [emiˈnɛnt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „eminent“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
eminent is uncommon German at frequency #62,362 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [emiˈnɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "herausragend, hervorragend, außerordentlich".
eminent doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is eminent, spelled E-M-I-N-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1herausragend, hervorragend, außerordentlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how eminent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die neue Haltung war nur realisierbar, weil man aus einer eminenten Substanz schöpfen konnte.
This word in other languages
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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