Epsilon
[ˈɛpsilɔn]
The verdict
“Epsilon” is uncommon German (frequency #81,502 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,502
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Name des fünften Buchstabens im griechischen Alphabet
Corpus desk
Index DE-epsilon · Epsilon · German
Epsilon · rank #81,502 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,502
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH entwurzelt
Nearest frequency peer: entwurzelt (-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 „Epsilon“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- entgangene
entgangene
18,503 corpus weight
- entwerten
entwerten
18,501 corpus weight
- entwurzelt
entwurzelt
18,500 corpus weight
- Epsilon
Epsilon
18,499 corpus weight
- erdenklich
erdenklich
18,497 corpus weight
- erfüllend
erfüllend
18,496 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Epsilon“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Epsilon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛpsilɔn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,502 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Epsilon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Epsilon is uncommon German at frequency #81,502 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛpsilɔn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Name des fünften Buchstabens im griechischen Alphabet".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Epsilon, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Epsilon, spelled E-P-S-I-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Name des fünften Buchstabens im griechischen Alphabet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Epsilon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Und sollte das nicht genügen, weichen die Hurrikanforscher noch auf das griechische Alphabet aus, wie es im Rekordjahr 2005 nötig war, als sich zum Abschluss "Epsilon" bildete.
»[…] Also hier. Zwei Buchstaben sind doch ohne weiteres zu erkennen, ein Epsilon und ein Iota …«
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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