Gradient
[ɡʁaˈdi̯ɛnt]
The verdict
“Gradient” is uncommon German (frequency #90,348 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,348
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maß für die Änderung einer Größe entlang einer Strecke
Corpus desk
Index DE-gradient · Gradient · German
Gradient · rank #90,348 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,348
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH graduell
Nearest frequency peer: graduell (+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 „Gradient“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Golm
Golm
9,656 corpus weight
- gotischer
gotischer
9,655 corpus weight
- Gradient
Gradient
9,653 corpus weight
- graduell
graduell
9,652 corpus weight
- Granatsplit…
Granatsplitter
9,651 corpus weight
- grassierende
grassierende
9,650 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gradient“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gradient |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡʁaˈdi̯ɛnt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,348 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gradient“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gradient is uncommon German at frequency #90,348 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡʁaˈdi̯ɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Gradient in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gradient, spelled G-R-A-D-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Maß für die Änderung einer Größe entlang einer Strecke
- 2gerichtete Angabe der Änderung in einem Punkt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gradient appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Normalerweise ist also der Gradient der potentiellen Temperatur θ negativ, das heißt, die potentielle Temperatur nimmt nach Norden ab.“
„Eckart Voland: Das muss Sie nicht wundern, die Bereitschaft zur Solidarität bemisst sich immer an einem Gradienten: Je dichter die Belange an meinem sozialen Nahbereich liegen, desto solidarischer bin ich.“
This word in other languages
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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