exploit

[ˈɛksplɔɪt]

/[ˈɛksplɔɪt]/ noun

The verdict

“exploit” is uncommon German (frequency #77,936 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,936
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-exploit · exploit · German

exploit · rank #77,936 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,936
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Exekutivkomit…

Nearest frequency peer: Exekutivkomitee (-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 „exploit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exploit
PropertyValue
Headwordexploit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛksplɔɪt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#77,936
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „exploit“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Exekutivkomitee“ (#77,935), „Extrablatt“ (#77,937), „Fachausdruck“ (#77,938). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „exploit“ bei #77,936. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

exploit is uncommon German at frequency #77,936 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛksplɔɪt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for exploit, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is exploit, spelled E-X-P-L-O-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    große Tat
  2. 2
    Heldentat
  3. 3
    Exploit

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 "exploit"?
"exploit" is spelled E-X-P-L-O-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛksplɔɪt].
What does "exploit" mean?
As a noun, "exploit" means: große Tat
How do you pronounce "exploit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exploit" is [ˈɛksplɔɪt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exploit" come from?
"exploit" 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 "exploit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list