Erstkontakt
[ˈeːɐ̯stkɔnˌtakt]
The verdict
“Erstkontakt” is uncommon German (frequency #82,720 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,720
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erster Kontakt
Corpus desk
Index DE-erstkontakt · Erstkontakt · German
Erstkontakt · rank #82,720 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,720
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erwerbslosen
Nearest frequency peer: erwerbslosen (+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 „Erstkontakt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- erstand
erstand
17,283 corpus weight
- Erstkontakt
Erstkontakt
17,281 corpus weight
- erwerbslosen
erwerbslosen
17,280 corpus weight
- erzählende
erzählende
17,279 corpus weight
- Estlands
Estlands
17,278 corpus weight
- Estnisch
Estnisch
17,277 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Erstkontakt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Erstkontakt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːɐ̯stkɔnˌtakt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #82,720 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Erstkontakt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Erstkontakt is uncommon German at frequency #82,720 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈeːɐ̯stkɔnˌtakt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erster Kontakt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Erstkontakt in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Erstkontakt, spelled E-R-S-T-K-O-N-T-A-K-T.
Definition
- 1erster Kontakt
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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