exact
[ɛɡ.zakt]
The verdict
“exact” is uncommon German (frequency #66,189 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,189
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - akkurat, genau, sorgfältig, ordentlich, pünktlich, richtig, exakt, präzis, recht, richtig, zutreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-exact · exact · German
exact · rank #66,189 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,189
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Europarates
Nearest frequency peer: Europarates (-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 „exact“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- erwirkte
erwirkte
33,816 corpus weight
- Europarates
Europarates
33,813 corpus weight
- exact
exact
33,812 corpus weight
- Excalibur
Excalibur
33,811 corpus weight
- Exfreund
Exfreund
33,810 corpus weight
- existenziell
existenziell
33,809 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „exact“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exact |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛɡ.zakt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „exact“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
exact is uncommon German at frequency #66,189 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɡ.zakt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "akkurat, genau, sorgfältig, ordentlich, pünktlich, richtig, exakt, präzis, recht, richtig, zutreffend".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for exact, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is exact, spelled E-X-A-C-T.
Definition
- 1akkurat, genau, sorgfältig, ordentlich, pünktlich, richtig, exakt, präzis, recht, richtig, zutreffend
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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