Exekutive

/[ɛksekuˈtiːvə]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,351

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Exekutive is aGermannoun. It means: ausführende/vollziehende Gewalt; in der Staatstheorie neben Legislative (Gesetzgebung) und Judikative (Rechtsprechung) eine der drei unabhängigen Gewalten (Gewaltenteilung) Pronounced [ɛksekuˈtiːvə]. Often confused with executive and Exekution.

Key facts for Exekutive
PropertyValue
HeadwordExekutive
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛksekuˈtiːvə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,351
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Exekutive in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Exekutive is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛksekuˈtiːvə]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,351 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ausführende/vollziehende Gewalt; in der Staatstheorie neben Legislative (Gesetzgebung) und Judikative (Rechtsprechung) eine der drei unabhängigen Gewalten (Gewaltenteilung)".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Exekutive, with forms such as "eexkutive", "exekkutive", and "exektuive". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "executive", "Exekution", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Exekutive, spelled E-X-E-K-U-T-I-V-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ausführende/vollziehende Gewalt; in der Staatstheorie neben Legislative (Gesetzgebung) und Judikative (Rechtsprechung) eine der drei unabhängigen Gewalten (Gewaltenteilung)

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eexkutive,exekkutive,exektuive,exekuitve,exekutiev,exekutivve,exekuttive,exekutvie,exeuktive,exkeutive,exxekutive,xeekutive

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Exekutive

Misspelling Variants of "Exekutive"

eexkutive9exekkutive10exektuive9exekuitve9exekutiev9exekutivve10exekuttive10exekutvie9
Misspelling Variants of "Exekutive"

Frequency rank: #15,351 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Exekutive"?
"Exekutive" is spelled E-X-E-K-U-T-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛksekuˈtiːvə].
What does "Exekutive" mean?
As a noun, "Exekutive" means: ausführende/vollziehende Gewalt; in der Staatstheorie neben Legislative (Gesetzgebung) und Judikative (Rechtsprechung) eine der drei unabhängigen Gewalten (Gewaltenteilung)
What words are commonly confused with "Exekutive"?
"Exekutive" is commonly confused with "executive", "Exekution". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Exekutive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Exekutive" is [ɛksekuˈtiːvə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Exekutive" come from?
"Exekutive" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.