reduce

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The verdict

“reduce” is uncommon German (frequency #98,976 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,976
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - reduzieren, vermindern, verkleinern

Corpus desk

Index DE-reduce · reduce · German

reduce · rank #98,976 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,976
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH reckte

Nearest frequency peer: reckte (-2 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 „reduce“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for reduce
PropertyValue
Headwordreduce
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,976
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „reduce“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „reckte“ (#98,974), „referenziert“ (#98,978), „rechtzeitiger“ (#98,973). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „reduce“ bei #98,976. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

reduce is uncommon German at frequency #98,976 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "reduzieren, vermindern, verkleinern".

Zero misspellings are on record for reduce in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is reduce, spelled R-E-D-U-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    reduzieren, vermindern, verkleinern

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how reduce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The amount was reduced by 20%.

Synonyms

decreasedecimatediminishlessen

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 "reduce"?
"reduce" is spelled R-E-D-U-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "reduce" mean?
As a verb, "reduce" means: reduzieren, vermindern, verkleinern
How do you pronounce "reduce"?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reckte#98,974rektal#98,986potent#98,928popolo#98,924

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list