Nitrate

[niˈtʁaːtə]

/[niˈtʁaːtə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Nitrate” is uncommon German (frequency #70,626 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,626
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Nitrat

Corpus desk

Index DE-nitrate · Nitrate · German

Nitrate · rank #70,626 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,626
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ninive

Nearest frequency peer: Ninive (-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 „Nitrate“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Nitrate
PropertyValue
HeadwordNitrate
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[niˈtʁaːtə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,626
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Nitrate“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Nitratefällt 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: „Ninive“ (#70,625), „Notausgang“ (#70,628), „Notizbücher“ (#70,629). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Nitrate“ bei #70,626. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Nitrate is uncommon German at frequency #70,626 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [niˈtʁaːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Nitrate, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Nitrate, spelled N-I-T-R-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Nitrat
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Nitrat
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Nitrat
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Nitrat

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 "Nitrate"?
"Nitrate" is spelled N-I-T-R-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [niˈtʁaːtə].
What does "Nitrate" mean?
As a noun, "Nitrate" means: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Nitrat
How do you pronounce "Nitrate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nitrate" is [niˈtʁaːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nitrate" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Oktopus#70,638nacktem#70,606paradis#70,648parents#70,649

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list