ext
[ɛkst]
The verdict
“ext” is uncommon German (frequency #69,197 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,197
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs exen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ext · ext · German
ext · rank #69,197 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,197
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Etsch
Nearest frequency peer: Etsch (-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 „ext“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- especially
especially
30,807 corpus weight
- essbaren
essbaren
30,806 corpus weight
- Etsch
Etsch
30,805 corpus weight
- ext
ext
30,804 corpus weight
- fabrizieren
fabrizieren
30,803 corpus weight
- failure
failure
30,802 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ext“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ext |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛkst] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #69,197 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ext“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ext is uncommon German at frequency #69,197 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛkst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ext, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is ext, spelled E-X-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs exen
- 22. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs exen
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs exen
- 42. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs exen
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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