Ether
[ˈeːtɐ]
The verdict
“Ether” is uncommon German (frequency #67,191 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,191
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verschiedene organische Verbindungen mit einer Sauerstoffbrücke als funktionelle Gruppe
Corpus desk
Index DE-ether · Ether · German
Ether · rank #67,191 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,191
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Essensreste
Nearest frequency peer: Essensreste (-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 „Ether“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Erzrivalen
Erzrivalen
32,813 corpus weight
- Eseln
Eseln
32,812 corpus weight
- Essensreste
Essensreste
32,811 corpus weight
- Ether
Ether
32,810 corpus weight
- Ethikkommis…
Ethikkommission
32,809 corpus weight
- Extrakte
Extrakte
32,807 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ether“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ether |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːtɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ether“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ether is uncommon German at frequency #67,191 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈeːtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "verschiedene organische Verbindungen mit einer Sauerstoffbrücke als funktionelle Gruppe".
Ether doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ether, spelled E-T-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1verschiedene organische Verbindungen mit einer Sauerstoffbrücke als funktionelle Gruppe
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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