operatives
[opəʁaˈtiːvəs]
The verdict
“operatives” is uncommon German (frequency #55,589 among 14,908 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,589
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs operativ
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | operatives |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [opəʁaˈtiːvəs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,589 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “operatives” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
operatives is uncommon German at frequency #55,589 among 14,908 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [opəʁaˈtiːvəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for operatives in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is operatives, spelled O-P-E-R-A-T-I-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs operativ
- 2Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs operativ
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs operativ
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs operativ
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 “operatives”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-P-E-R-A-T-I-V-E-S - 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.