Ikonoklast
[ikonoˈklast]
The verdict
“Ikonoklast” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, welche heilige Bilder zerstört oder zu deren Zerstörung aufruft
Corpus desk
Index DE-ikonoklast · Ikonoklast · German
Ikonoklast · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ikonoklast |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ikonoˈklast] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ikonoklast” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ikonoklast is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ikonoˈklast]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, welche heilige Bilder zerstört oder zu deren Zerstörung aufruft".
Ikonoklast has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ikonoklast, spelled I-K-O-N-O-K-L-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1Person, welche heilige Bilder zerstört oder zu deren Zerstörung aufruft
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