excellent

[ˈeksələnt]

/[ˈeksələnt]/ adj

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The verdict

“excellent” is uncommon German (frequency #76,741 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,741
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - exzellent, ausgezeichnet

Corpus desk

Index DE-excellent · excellent · German

excellent · rank #76,741 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,741
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Evergreens

Nearest frequency peer: Evergreens (-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 „excellent“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for excellent
PropertyValue
Headwordexcellent
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈeksələnt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#76,741
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „excellent“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Evergreens“ (#76,740), „expressionistischen“ (#76,742), „expressive“ (#76,743). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „excellent“ bei #76,741. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

excellent is uncommon German at frequency #76,741 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈeksələnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "exzellent, ausgezeichnet".

excellent doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is excellent, spelled E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    exzellent, ausgezeichnet

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. That’s an excellent mark!

Synonyms

peachy

This word in other languages

excellent(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 "excellent"?
"excellent" is spelled E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeksələnt].
What does "excellent" mean?
As an adjective, "excellent" means: exzellent, ausgezeichnet
How do you pronounce "excellent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excellent" is [ˈeksələnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "excellent" come from?
"excellent" 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 "excellent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

erzeugter#76,735ergiebige#76,726Faschings#76,756Floristen#76,780

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list