locomotive
[ləʊkəˈməʊtɪv]
The verdict
“locomotive” is uncommon German (frequency #97,331 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,331
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zugfahrzeug für den Schienenverkehr
Corpus desk
Index DE-locomotive · locomotive · German
locomotive · rank #97,331 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,331
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH literacy
Nearest frequency peer: literacy (-2 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 „locomotive“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Linienbusse
Linienbusse
2,675 corpus weight
- Linsensuppe
Linsensuppe
2,674 corpus weight
- literacy
literacy
2,672 corpus weight
- locomotive
locomotive
2,670 corpus weight
- Losverfahren
Losverfahren
2,666 corpus weight
- Lounges
Lounges
2,665 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „locomotive“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | locomotive |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ləʊkəˈməʊtɪv] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „locomotive“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
locomotive is uncommon German at frequency #97,331 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ləʊkəˈməʊtɪv]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zugfahrzeug für den Schienenverkehr".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for locomotive, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is locomotive, spelled L-O-C-O-M-O-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Zugfahrzeug für den Schienenverkehr
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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