korrupter
[kɔˈʁʊptɐ]
The verdict
“korrupter” is uncommon German (frequency #52,218 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,218
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs korrupt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | korrupter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kɔˈʁʊptɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,218 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “korrupter” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
korrupter is uncommon German at frequency #52,218 among 55,078 “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
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs korrupt
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs korrupt
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs korrupt
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs korrupt
- 5Nominativ 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.
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Using “korrupter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-O-R-R-U-P-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.