exzessive

[ˌɛkst͡sɛˈsiːvə]

/[ˌɛkst͡sɛˈsiːvə]/ adj

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The verdict

“exzessive” is uncommon German (frequency #53,670 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,670
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-exzessive · exzessive · German

exzessive · rank #53,670 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,670
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH extremistisch…

Nearest frequency peer: extremistischen (-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 „exzessive“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exzessive
PropertyValue
Headwordexzessive
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌɛkst͡sɛˈsiːvə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#53,670
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „exzessive“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „extremistischen“ (#53,669), „Europawahlen“ (#53,668), „Fahrbahnen“ (#53,673). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „exzessive“ bei #53,670. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

exzessive is uncommon German at frequency #53,670 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌɛkst͡sɛˈsiːvə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for exzessive, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is exzessive, spelled E-X-Z-E-S-S-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exzessiv
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exzessiv
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exzessiv
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exzessiv
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exzessiv
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exzessiv
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exzessiv
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exzessiv
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs exzessiv

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list