increase
[ɪnˈkriːs]
The verdict
“increase” is uncommon German (frequency #85,392 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,392
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - anwachsen, vergrößern, vermehren, steigen, steigern, zunehmen, wachsen, erhöhen
Corpus desk
Index DE-increase · increase · German
increase · rank #85,392 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,392
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Imageschaden
Nearest frequency peer: Imageschaden (-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 „increase“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Idi
Idi
14,612 corpus weight
- IGH
IGH
14,611 corpus weight
- Imageschaden
Imageschaden
14,610 corpus weight
- increase
increase
14,609 corpus weight
- Inderin
Inderin
14,608 corpus weight
- indigener
indigener
14,607 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „increase“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | increase |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɪnˈkriːs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #85,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „increase“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
increase is uncommon German at frequency #85,392 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɪnˈkriːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "anwachsen, vergrößern, vermehren, steigen, steigern, zunehmen, wachsen, erhöhen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for increase, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is increase, spelled I-N-C-R-E-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1anwachsen, vergrößern, vermehren, steigen, steigern, zunehmen, wachsen, erhöhen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how increase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The amount spend on holidays increased over the years.
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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