potente

[poˈtɛntə]

/[poˈtɛntə]/ adj

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The verdict

“potente” is uncommon German (frequency #77,187 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,187
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-potente · potente · German

potente · rank #77,187 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,187
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH postulieren

Nearest frequency peer: postulieren (-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 „potente“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for potente
PropertyValue
Headwordpotente
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[poˈtɛntə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#77,187
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „potente“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).potentefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „postulieren“ (#77,186), „Praia“ (#77,188), „populäres“ (#77,185). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „potente“ bei #77,187. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

potente is uncommon German at frequency #77,187 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [poˈtɛntə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for potente in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is potente, spelled P-O-T-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs potent
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs potent
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs potent
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs potent
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs potent
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs potent
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs potent
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs potent
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs potent

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 "potente"?
"potente" is spelled P-O-T-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [poˈtɛntə].
What does "potente" mean?
As an adjective, "potente" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs potent
How do you pronounce "potente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "potente" is [poˈtɛntə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "potente" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "potente", 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