operatives

[opəʁaˈtiːvəs]

/[opəʁaˈtiːvəs]/ adj

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The verdict

“operatives” is uncommon German (frequency #55,589 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,589
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs operativ

Corpus desk

Index DE-operatives · operatives · German

operatives · rank #55,589 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,589
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH Orchidee

Nearest frequency peer: Orchidee (+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 „operatives“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for operatives
PropertyValue
Headwordoperatives
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[opəʁaˈtiːvəs]
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,589
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „operatives“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).operativesfällt 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: „Orchidee“ (#55,590), „Obstbau“ (#55,587), „Obrist“ (#55,586). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „operatives“ bei #55,589. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

operatives is uncommon German at frequency #55,589 among 1,007 “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

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs operativ
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs operativ
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs operativ
  4. 4
    Akkusativ 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "operatives"?
"operatives" is spelled O-P-E-R-A-T-I-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [opəʁaˈtiːvəs].
What does "operatives" mean?
As an adjective, "operatives" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs operativ
How do you pronounce "operatives"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "operatives" is [opəʁaˈtiːvəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

partiellen#55,596Neubildung#55,574Pflegefall#55,606nationalem#55,571

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list