exotic
[ɪɡˈzɒtɪk]
The verdict
“exotic” is uncommon German (frequency #87,671 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,671
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einem fernen Land entstammend oder zugehörig (und darum interessant)
Corpus desk
Index DE-exotic · exotic · German
exotic · rank #87,671 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,671
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Exorzist
Nearest frequency peer: Exorzist (-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 „exotic“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- except
except
12,333 corpus weight
- existentiel…
existentiellen
12,332 corpus weight
- Exorzist
Exorzist
12,331 corpus weight
- exotic
exotic
12,330 corpus weight
- exploits
exploits
12,329 corpus weight
- Extraportion
Extraportion
12,328 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „exotic“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exotic |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɪɡˈzɒtɪk] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,671 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „exotic“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
exotic is uncommon German at frequency #87,671 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɪɡˈzɒtɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for exotic in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is exotic, spelled E-X-O-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1einem fernen Land entstammend oder zugehörig (und darum interessant)
- 2sehr ungewöhnlich (und darum interessant)
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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