Epitaph
[epiˈtaːf]
The verdict
“Epitaph” is uncommon German (frequency #83,921 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,921
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grabschrift, Grabinschrift
Corpus desk
Index DE-epitaph · Epitaph · German
Epitaph · rank #83,921 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,921
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Entzifferung
Nearest frequency peer: Entzifferung (-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 „Epitaph“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- entlud
entlud
16,084 corpus weight
- entspanne
entspanne
16,083 corpus weight
- Entzifferung
Entzifferung
16,081 corpus weight
- Epitaph
Epitaph
16,080 corpus weight
- Erbprinz
Erbprinz
16,079 corpus weight
- Eremitage
Eremitage
16,078 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Epitaph“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Epitaph |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [epiˈtaːf] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Epitaph“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Epitaph is uncommon German at frequency #83,921 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [epiˈtaːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Epitaph doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Epitaph, spelled E-P-I-T-A-P-H.
Definition
- 1Grabschrift, Grabinschrift
- 2Gedenktafel für einen Verstorbenen an der Kirchenwand, ohne Verbindung zu einem Grab
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Epitaph appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf dem Grabstein stand ein Epitaph: "Hier ruht …".
„Ihn faszinierten die geheimnisvolle Atmosphäre, die seltsamen Epitaphe in hebräischer Sprache, das Gebüsch und der Nebel, der über den Matzewas schwebte.“
Synonyms
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).