Literat

[lɪtəˈʁaːt]

/[lɪtəˈʁaːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Literat” is uncommon German (frequency #65,470 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,470
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die – meist unschöpferisch – schriftstellerisch tätig ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-literat · Literat · German

Literat · rank #65,470 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,470
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH literweise

Nearest frequency peer: literweise (+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 „Literat“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Literat
PropertyValue
HeadwordLiterat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[lɪtəˈʁaːt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,470
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Literat“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Literatfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „literweise“ (#65,471), „Linguist“ (#65,468), „lineares“ (#65,467). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Literat“ bei #65,470. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Literat is uncommon German at frequency #65,470 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [lɪtəˈʁaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die – meist unschöpferisch – schriftstellerisch tätig ist".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Literat, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Literat, spelled L-I-T-E-R-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die – meist unschöpferisch – schriftstellerisch tätig ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Insbesondere junge Literaten des Expressionismus machten ihrem Verdruß über die verknöcherte Gesellschaft durch Herbeirufen der Apokalypse Luft.“
  2. „Es gebe nichts Gefährlicheres, als auf die Ratschläge dieser meist geschiedenen, akademisch gescheiterten Literaturwissenschaftler oder gar Literaten aus dem Ausland zu hören, hatte meine finnische Frau mich noch am Frühstückstisch gewarnt.“

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 "Literat"?
"Literat" is spelled L-I-T-E-R-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [lɪtəˈʁaːt].
What does "Literat" mean?
As a noun, "Literat" means: Person, die – meist unschöpferisch – schriftstellerisch tätig ist
How do you pronounce "Literat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Literat" is [lɪtəˈʁaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Literat" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list