Exzess

[ˌɛksˈt͡sɛs]

/[ˌɛksˈt͡sɛs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Exzess” is uncommon German (frequency #61,481 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,481
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - maßlose Übertreibung

Corpus desk

Index DE-exzess · Exzess · German

Exzess · rank #61,481 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,481
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH exquisit

Nearest frequency peer: exquisit (-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 „Exzess“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Exzess
PropertyValue
HeadwordExzess
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌɛksˈt͡sɛs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,481
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Exzess“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Exzessfällt 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: „exquisit“ (#61,480), „explodierenden“ (#61,479), „Fachlehrer“ (#61,484). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Exzess“ bei #61,481. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Exzess is uncommon German at frequency #61,481 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌɛksˈt͡sɛs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Exzess in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 Exzess, spelled E-X-Z-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    maßlose Übertreibung
  2. 2
    Statistik: Maß für die Steilheit einer Verteilung im Vergleich zur Normalverteilung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Er steht für die schlimmsten Exzesse des amerikanischen Nationalstolzes.“
  2. „Ein weitverbreiteter Irrtum, dem besonders gerne intellektuelle Trinker anhängen, die ihre Exzesse akademisch rechtfertigen wollen.“

This word in other languages

excess(English)exceso(Español)excès(Français)

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 "Exzess"?
"Exzess" is spelled E-X-Z-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɛksˈt͡sɛs].
What does "Exzess" mean?
As a noun, "Exzess" means: maßlose Übertreibung
How do you pronounce "Exzess"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Exzess" is [ˌɛksˈt͡sɛs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Exzess" come from?
"Exzess" 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 "Exzess", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

filius#61,496Flosse#61,503encore#61,458geboxt#61,521

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list