Ermittlerin

[ɛɐ̯ˈmɪtləʁɪn]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈmɪtləʁɪn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ermittlerin” is uncommon German (frequency #71,292 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,292
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die Ermittlungen und/oder Nachforschungen durchführt

Corpus desk

Index DE-ermittlerin · Ermittlerin · German

Ermittlerin · rank #71,292 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,292
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Erlkönig

Nearest frequency peer: Erlkönig (-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 „Ermittlerin“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ermittlerin
PropertyValue
HeadwordErmittlerin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈmɪtləʁɪn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#71,292
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ermittlerin“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Erlkönig“ (#71,291), „erlittene“ (#71,290), „erniedrigend“ (#71,294). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Ermittlerin“ bei #71,292. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ermittlerin is uncommon German at frequency #71,292 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈmɪtləʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die Ermittlungen und/oder Nachforschungen durchführt".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Ermittlerin in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ermittlerin, spelled E-R-M-I-T-T-L-E-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    weibliche Person, die Ermittlungen und/oder Nachforschungen durchführt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Ermittlerin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Ermittlerin fand heraus, dass der Hauptverdächtige für die Tatzeit kein Alibi hat.
  2. „Das ist diese komische Kollegin aus der Kriminalabteilung, die Ermittlerin ist und doch wieder nicht.“

This word in other languages

investigator(English)

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 "Ermittlerin"?
"Ermittlerin" is spelled E-R-M-I-T-T-L-E-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈmɪtləʁɪn].
What does "Ermittlerin" mean?
As a noun, "Ermittlerin" means: weibliche Person, die Ermittlungen und/oder Nachforschungen durchführt
How do you pronounce "Ermittlerin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ermittlerin" is [ɛɐ̯ˈmɪtləʁɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ermittlerin" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

erfolgloser#71,288erschlichen#71,296entfesselte#71,282Fahrschulen#71,313

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list