Korrespondentin
[kɔʁɛspɔnˈdɛntɪn]
The verdict
“Korrespondentin” is uncommon German (frequency #63,481 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,481
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Journalistin, die als auswärtige Mitarbeiterin für ein Medium (Funk, Presse, …) arbeitet
Corpus desk
Index DE-korrespondentin · Korrespondentin · German
Korrespondentin · rank #63,481 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,481
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Koralle
Nearest frequency peer: Koralle (-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 „Korrespondentin“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- konvex
konvex
36,523 corpus weight
- Konzernchef
Konzernchef
36,522 corpus weight
- Koralle
Koralle
36,521 corpus weight
- Korresponde…
Korrespondentin
36,520 corpus weight
- Kreuzband
Kreuzband
36,519 corpus weight
- Krämpfen
Krämpfen
36,518 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Korrespondentin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Korrespondentin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔʁɛspɔnˈdɛntɪn] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #63,481 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Korrespondentin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Korrespondentin is uncommon German at frequency #63,481 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔʁɛspɔnˈdɛntɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Korrespondentin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Korrespondentin, spelled K-O-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-D-E-N-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1Journalistin, die als auswärtige Mitarbeiterin für ein Medium (Funk, Presse, …) arbeitet
- 2Person, die für ihren Arbeitgeber den Schriftwechsel führt
- 3Person, die in einem regelmäßigen Schriftwechsel steht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Korrespondentin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In meinen vielen Jahren als Korrespondentin in diesem Land hat meine Pariser Redaktion mich immer wieder um eine Antwort auf diese Frage gebeten.“
„Einer wissbegierigen Korrespondentin, Charlotte von Knobloch, teilte Kant in vorsichtiger Zurückhaltung mit, wie weit seine Nachforschungen gediehen waren.“
Synonyms
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).