except
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The verdict
“except” is uncommon German (frequency #87,668 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,668
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - außer, nicht einschließend, mit Ausnahme von, bis auf
Corpus desk
Index DE-except · except · German
except · rank #87,668 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,668
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Euklid
Nearest frequency peer: Euklid (-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 „except“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Esplanade
Esplanade
12,336 corpus weight
- estrella
estrella
12,335 corpus weight
- Euklid
Euklid
12,334 corpus weight
- except
except
12,333 corpus weight
- existentiel…
existentiellen
12,332 corpus weight
- Exorzist
Exorzist
12,331 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „except“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | except |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,668 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „except“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
except is uncommon German at frequency #87,668 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as apreposition, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "außer, nicht einschließend, mit Ausnahme von, bis auf".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for except, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is except, spelled E-X-C-E-P-T.
Definition
- 1außer, nicht einschließend, mit Ausnahme von, bis auf
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how except appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I was naked except for my socks.
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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