Karriereleiter
[kaˈʁi̯eːʁəˌlaɪ̯tɐ]
The verdict
“Karriereleiter” is uncommon German (frequency #62,551 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,551
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Weg aufwärts / Aufstieg in der beruflichen Laufbahn
Corpus desk
Index DE-karriereleiter · Karriereleiter · German
Karriereleiter · rank #62,551 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,551
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH karger
Nearest frequency peer: karger (-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 „Karriereleiter“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kampfsportl…
Kampfsportler
37,454 corpus weight
- Kanuten
Kanuten
37,452 corpus weight
- karger
karger
37,451 corpus weight
- Karrierelei…
Karriereleiter
37,450 corpus weight
- Katamaran
Katamaran
37,449 corpus weight
- Kinderfest
Kinderfest
37,448 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Karriereleiter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Karriereleiter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈʁi̯eːʁəˌlaɪ̯tɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #62,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Karriereleiter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Karriereleiter is uncommon German at frequency #62,551 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈʁi̯eːʁəˌlaɪ̯tɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Weg aufwärts / Aufstieg in der beruflichen Laufbahn".
No misspelling variants are generated for Karriereleiter in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Karriereleiter, spelled K-A-R-R-I-E-R-E-L-E-I-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Weg aufwärts / Aufstieg in der beruflichen Laufbahn
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Karriereleiter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Weiter oben auf der Karriereleiter sinkt der Anteil der Frauen in deutschen Konzernen und Behörden immer mehr.
2003 stieg [Mohsen Sohi] bei der US-Tochter von Freudenberg ein und kletterte in den darauffolgenden Jahren die Karriereleiter empor.
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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