excuse
[ɛksˈkjuːs]
The verdict
“excuse” is an uncommon German word, ranked #65,184 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,184
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Erklärung oder Angabe eines Grundes zur Rechtfertigung eines Fehlers oder Vergehenes
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | excuse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛksˈkjuːs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,184 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “excuse” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for excuse is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛksˈkjuːs]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,184 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Erklärung oder Angabe eines Grundes zur Rechtfertigung eines Fehlers oder Vergehenes".
No misspelling variants are generated for excuse in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is excuse, spelled E-X-C-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1eine Erklärung oder Angabe eines Grundes zur Rechtfertigung eines Fehlers oder Vergehenes
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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Using “excuse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-X-C-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛksˈkjuːs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.