illustre

Name: illustre, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ɪˈlʊstʁə]

/[ɪˈlʊstʁə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“illustre” is uncommon German (frequency #51,429 among 17,725 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,429
frequency rank, German: 17,725
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs illuster

Key facts for illustre
Property	Value
Headword	illustre
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ɪˈlʊstʁə]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#51,429
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “illustre” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). illustre lands here:

#51,429

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

illustre is uncommon German at frequency #51,429 among 17,725 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɪˈlʊstʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

illustre has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is illustre, spelled I-L-L-U-S-T-R-E.

Definition

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

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 "illustre"?

"illustre" is spelled I-L-L-U-S-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪˈlʊstʁə].

What does "illustre" mean?

As an adjective, "illustre" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs illuster

How do you pronounce "illustre"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "illustre" is [ɪˈlʊstʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "illustre" come from?

"illustre" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Using “illustre”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is I-L-L-U-S-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.