korrupter

[kɔˈʁʊptɐ]

/[kɔˈʁʊptɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“korrupter” is uncommon German (frequency #52,218 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,218
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-korrupter · korrupter · German

korrupter · rank #52,218 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,218
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kopfschmerz

Nearest frequency peer: Kopfschmerz (-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 „korrupter“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for korrupter
PropertyValue
Headwordkorrupter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[kɔˈʁʊptɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,218
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „korrupter“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.korrupterfällt 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: „Kopfschmerz“ (#52,217), „Kropf“ (#52,219), „Kopfgeld“ (#52,216). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „korrupter“ bei #52,218. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

korrupter is uncommon German at frequency #52,218 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɔˈʁʊptɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for korrupter, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 korrupter, spelled K-O-R-R-U-P-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs korrupt
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs korrupt
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs korrupt
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs korrupt
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs korrupt

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 "korrupter"?
"korrupter" is spelled K-O-R-R-U-P-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔˈʁʊptɐ].
What does "korrupter" mean?
As an adjective, "korrupter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs korrupt
How do you pronounce "korrupter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "korrupter" is [kɔˈʁʊptɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "korrupter" come from?
"korrupter" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kügelchen#52,229Ladenburg#52,232Kassandra#52,198Lengerich#52,242

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list