exam

[ɪɡˈzæm]

/[ɪɡˈzæm]/ noun

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The verdict

“exam” is uncommon German (frequency #85,201 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,201
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prüfung, Examen

Corpus desk

Index DE-exam · exam · German

exam · rank #85,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,201
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Euronen

Nearest frequency peer: Euronen (-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 „exam“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exam
PropertyValue
Headwordexam
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɪɡˈzæm]
Letters4
Frequency rank#85,201
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „exam“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Euronen“ (#85,200), „experimentierfreudig“ (#85,202), „Eurasien“ (#85,199). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „exam“ bei #85,201. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

exam is uncommon German at frequency #85,201 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪɡˈzæm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prüfung, Examen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for exam, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is exam, spelled E-X-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prüfung, Examen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how exam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. All students have to take an exam.

This word in other languages

examen(Français)

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 "exam"?
"exam" is spelled E-X-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪɡˈzæm].
What does "exam" mean?
As a noun, "exam" means: Prüfung, Examen
How do you pronounce "exam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exam" is [ɪɡˈzæm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exam" come from?
"exam" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fenn#85,219fits#85,235dips#85,127DINK#85,125

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list