explosives

[ɛksploˈziːvəs]

/[ɛksploˈziːvəs]/ adj

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The verdict

“explosives” is uncommon German (frequency #99,756 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,756
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs explosiv

Corpus desk

Index DE-explosives · explosives · German

explosives · rank #99,756 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,756
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH exitus

Nearest frequency peer: exitus (-2 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 „explosives“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for explosives
PropertyValue
Headwordexplosives
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛksploˈziːvəs]
Letters10
Frequency rank#99,756
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „explosives“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).explosivesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „exitus“ (#99,754), „fachliches“ (#99,758), „exemplarischen“ (#99,753). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „explosives“ bei #99,756. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

explosives is uncommon German at frequency #99,756 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛksploˈziːvəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for explosives, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is explosives, spelled E-X-P-L-O-S-I-V-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs explosiv
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs explosiv
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs explosiv
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs explosiv

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 "explosives"?
"explosives" is spelled E-X-P-L-O-S-I-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛksploˈziːvəs].
What does "explosives" mean?
As an adjective, "explosives" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs explosiv
How do you pronounce "explosives"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "explosives" is [ɛksploˈziːvəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "explosives" come from?
"explosives" 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 "explosives", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fachliches#99,758Fahnenmast#99,759Fahrgefühl#99,760faktischer#99,763

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list