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The verdict

“ett” is uncommon German (frequency #85,198 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an unknown. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,198
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Neutrum des Adverbs en

Corpus desk

Index DE-ett · ett · German

ett · rank #85,198 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,198
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Etikettenschw…

Nearest frequency peer: Etikettenschwindel (-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 „ett“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ett
PropertyValue
Headwordett
LanguageGerman
Part of speechUnknown
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#85,198
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ett“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Etikettenschwindel“ (#85,197), „Eurasien“ (#85,199), „Euronen“ (#85,200). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „ett“ bei #85,198. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ett is uncommon German at frequency #85,198 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anunknown, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Neutrum des Adverbs en".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ett, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ett, spelled E-T-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Neutrum des Adverbs en

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 "ett"?
"ett" is spelled E-T-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "ett" mean?
As an unknown, "ett" means: Neutrum des Adverbs en
How do you pronounce "ett"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ett" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ett" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

EKZ#85,173Fux#85,265dla#85,128DGS#85,115

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list