Epistel
[eˈpɪstl̩]
The verdict
“Epistel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Brief, Brieftext gehobenen Anspruchs (Sendschreiben, Versepistel)
Corpus desk
Index DE-epistel · Epistel · German
Epistel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Epistel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eˈpɪstl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Epistel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Epistel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [eˈpɪstl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Epistel, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Epistel, spelled E-P-I-S-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1ein Brief, Brieftext gehobenen Anspruchs (Sendschreiben, Versepistel)
- 2Brief eines Apostel
- 3bestimmter im Gottesdienst zu lesender biblischer Textabschnitt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Epistel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das ist ja diesmal eine richtige Epistel geworden.
„Selten freilich geschah das in so unumwundener Manier wie im Fall eines Oberstudienrats aus einer westdeutschen Stadt, der meine […] Kölner Rede zum Anlaß nahm, mir eine lange Epistel zu schreiben.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.