Ethos
[ˈeːtɔs]
The verdict
“Ethos” is uncommon German (frequency #53,666 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,666
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gesamthaltung im Hinblick auf sittliche Werte
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ethos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːtɔs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,666 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ethos” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ethos is uncommon German at frequency #53,666 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈeːtɔs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesamthaltung im Hinblick auf sittliche Werte".
Ethos doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ethos, spelled E-T-H-O-S.
Definition
- 1Gesamthaltung im Hinblick auf sittliche Werte
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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Using “Ethos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-T-H-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈeːtɔs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.