epileptische

[epiˈlɛptɪʃə]

/[epiˈlɛptɪʃə]/ adj

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The verdict

“epileptische” is uncommon German (frequency #96,923 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,923
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs epileptisch

Corpus desk

Index DE-epileptische · epileptische · German

epileptische · rank #96,923 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,923
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH epe

Nearest frequency peer: epe (-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 „epileptische“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for epileptische
PropertyValue
Headwordepileptische
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[epiˈlɛptɪʃə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#96,923
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „epileptische“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.epileptischefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „epe“ (#96,922), „entwässern“ (#96,921), „erbeben“ (#96,925). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „epileptische“ bei #96,923. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

epileptische is uncommon German at frequency #96,923 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [epiˈlɛptɪʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

epileptische doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is epileptische, spelled E-P-I-L-E-P-T-I-S-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs epileptisch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs epileptisch
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs epileptisch
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs epileptisch
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs epileptisch
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs epileptisch
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs epileptisch
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs epileptisch
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs epileptisch

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 "epileptische"?
"epileptische" is spelled E-P-I-L-E-P-T-I-S-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [epiˈlɛptɪʃə].
What does "epileptische" mean?
As an adjective, "epileptische" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs epileptisch
How do you pronounce "epileptische"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "epileptische" is [epiˈlɛptɪʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

entgegennahm#96,913entfesselten#96,910einzustecken#96,896einstudieren#96,893

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list