illustre

[ɪˈlʊstʁə]

/[ɪˈlʊstʁə]/ adj

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The verdict

“illustre” is uncommon German (frequency #51,429 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,429
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-illustre · illustre · German

illustre · rank #51,429 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,429
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH illusorisch

Nearest frequency peer: illusorisch (-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 „illustre“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for illustre
PropertyValue
Headwordillustre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɪˈlʊstʁə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,429
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „illustre“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).illustrefällt 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: „illusorisch“ (#51,428), „Illegalität“ (#51,427), „inferior“ (#51,431). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „illustre“ bei #51,429. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

illustre is uncommon German at frequency #51,429 among 1,488 “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. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs illuster
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs illuster
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs illuster
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs illuster
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs illuster
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs illuster
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs illuster
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs illuster
  9. 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?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "illustre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inferior#51,431Humanist#51,420hinsieht#51,412Kartelle#51,451

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list