interstellar

[ɪntɐstɛˈlaːɐ̯]

/[ɪntɐstɛˈlaːɐ̯]/ adj

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The verdict

“interstellar” is uncommon German (frequency #70,414 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,414
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zwischen den Fixsternen befindlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-interstellar · interstellar · German

interstellar · rank #70,414 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,414
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Internetnutzu…

Nearest frequency peer: Internetnutzung (-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 „interstellar“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for interstellar
PropertyValue
Headwordinterstellar
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɪntɐstɛˈlaːɐ̯]
Letters12
Frequency rank#70,414
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „interstellar“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).interstellarfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Internetnutzung“ (#70,413), „Intendantin“ (#70,412), „Irrfahrt“ (#70,416). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „interstellar“ bei #70,414. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

interstellar is uncommon German at frequency #70,414 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɪntɐstɛˈlaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zwischen den Fixsternen befindlich".

interstellar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is interstellar, spelled I-N-T-E-R-S-T-E-L-L-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    zwischen den Fixsternen befindlich

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how interstellar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Interstellare Raumfahrt beinhaltet alle Raumfahrtaktivitäten die in den interstellaren Raum vordringen, u. a. mit dem Ziel ein anderes Sternensystem zu erreichen.“
  2. „Am 3. März 1972 wurde mit dem Abschuß der interplanetarischen Sonde Pionier 10 ein weiterer Versuch zur Herstellung interstellarer Kommunikation verbunden.“

This word in other languages

interstellar(English)

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 "interstellar"?
"interstellar" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-S-T-E-L-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪntɐstɛˈlaːɐ̯].
What does "interstellar" mean?
As an adjective, "interstellar" means: zwischen den Fixsternen befindlich
How do you pronounce "interstellar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interstellar" is [ɪntɐstɛˈlaːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Jugendstrafe#70,430Kampfrichter#70,438hinzuschauen#70,388herzlichsten#70,381

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list