radikales

[ʁadiˈkaːləs]

/[ʁadiˈkaːləs]/ adj

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The verdict

“radikales” is uncommon German (frequency #77,216 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,216
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-radikales · radikales · German

radikales · rank #77,216 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,216
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Quitte

Nearest frequency peer: Quitte (-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 „radikales“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for radikales
PropertyValue
Headwordradikales
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʁadiˈkaːləs]
Letters9
Frequency rank#77,216
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „radikales“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).radikalesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Quitte“ (#77,215), „Querschläger“ (#77,213), „Quartale“ (#77,212). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „radikales“ bei #77,216. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

radikales is uncommon German at frequency #77,216 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁadiˈkaːləs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

radikales has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 radikales, spelled R-A-D-I-K-A-L-E-S.

Definition

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

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 "radikales"?
"radikales" is spelled R-A-D-I-K-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁadiˈkaːləs].
What does "radikales" mean?
As an adjective, "radikales" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radikal
How do you pronounce "radikales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "radikales" is [ʁadiˈkaːləs]. 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 "radikales", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

punktiert#77,206Recruiter#77,228Reizungen#77,239populäres#77,185

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list