Exotik

[ɛˈksoːtɪk]

/[ɛˈksoːtɪk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Exotik” is uncommon German (frequency #96,952 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,952
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anschein, aus sehr fernen, fremdartigen Regionen zu stammen

Corpus desk

Index DE-exotik · Exotik · German

Exotik · rank #96,952 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,952
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH exponentiellen

Nearest frequency peer: exponentiellen (+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 „Exotik“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Exotik
PropertyValue
HeadwordExotik
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛˈksoːtɪk]
Letters6
Frequency rank#96,952
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Exotik“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Exotikfällt 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: „exponentiellen“ (#96,953), „Ettenheim“ (#96,948), „ethnographische“ (#96,947). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Exotik“ bei #96,952. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Exotik is uncommon German at frequency #96,952 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛˈksoːtɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anschein, aus sehr fernen, fremdartigen Regionen zu stammen".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Exotik, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Exotik, spelled E-X-O-T-I-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anschein, aus sehr fernen, fremdartigen Regionen zu stammen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Exotik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Übrigens scheut die Cafeteria vor Ausflügen in die Exotik nicht zurück.“

This word in other languages

exoticism(English)

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 "Exotik"?
"Exotik" is spelled E-X-O-T-I-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛˈksoːtɪk].
What does "Exotik" mean?
As a noun, "Exotik" means: Anschein, aus sehr fernen, fremdartigen Regionen zu stammen
How do you pronounce "Exotik"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Exotik" is [ɛˈksoːtɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Exotik" come from?
"Exotik" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

fetzig#96,974Fundis#97,016Debora#96,828Cäsium#96,818

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list