exitus

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/[…]/ noun

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The verdict

“exitus” is uncommon German (frequency #99,754 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,754
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-exitus · exitus · German

exitus · rank #99,754 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,754
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH exemplarischen

Nearest frequency peer: exemplarischen (-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 „exitus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exitus
PropertyValue
Headwordexitus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#99,754
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „exitus“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).exitusfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „exemplarischen“ (#99,753), „exception“ (#99,752), „explosives“ (#99,756). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „exitus“ bei #99,754. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

exitus is uncommon German at frequency #99,754 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for exitus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 exitus, spelled E-X-I-T-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ausgang
  2. 2
    Ende, Lebensende, Katastrophe
  3. 3
    Erfolg
  4. 4
    Tod

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 "exitus"?
"exitus" is spelled E-X-I-T-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "exitus" mean?
As a noun, "exitus" means: Ausgang
How do you pronounce "exitus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exitus" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exitus" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

figura#99,787fluche#99,796Gamern#99,835Dohlen#99,670

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list