redundant

[ʁedʊnˈdant]

/[ʁedʊnˈdant]/ adj

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The verdict

“redundant” is uncommon German (frequency #70,709 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,709
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mehrfach vorhanden, wiederholt

Corpus desk

Index DE-redundant · redundant · German

redundant · rank #70,709 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,709
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH reebok

Nearest frequency peer: reebok (+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 „redundant“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for redundant
PropertyValue
Headwordredundant
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʁedʊnˈdant]
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,709
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „redundant“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „reebok“ (#70,710), „reding“ (#70,707), „Rechtsmediziner“ (#70,706). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „redundant“ bei #70,709. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

redundant is uncommon German at frequency #70,709 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁedʊnˈdant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for redundant, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is redundant, spelled R-E-D-U-N-D-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    mehrfach vorhanden, wiederholt
  2. 2
    die Eigenschaft des genetischen Codes, dass bei der Translation dieselbe Aminosäure durch mehr als nur eine Basentriplettkombination hergestellt werden kann, besitzend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In jeder sprachlichen Äußerung gibt es redundante Erscheinungen, die zur Sicherung der Kommunikation wichtig sind. In der Linguistik gelten redundante Informationen nicht als überflüssig.
  2. „Was ihm an diesen Orten des Schreckens widerfährt, wird in siebenundvierzig Kapiteln bis ins redundanteste Detail protokolliert, und zwar mit einem Realismus, der so konsequent an der Oberfläche bleibt, wie man es von Jugendbüchern der unbedarfteren Sorte kennt.“

Antonyms

distinktiv

This word in other languages

redundant(English)redundante(Español)redondant(Français)

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 "redundant"?
"redundant" is spelled R-E-D-U-N-D-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁedʊnˈdant].
What does "redundant" mean?
As an adjective, "redundant" means: mehrfach vorhanden, wiederholt
How do you pronounce "redundant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "redundant" is [ʁedʊnˈdant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "redundant" come from?
"redundant" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Quadraten#70,694Plattling#70,674scheitere#70,762Schlummer#70,770

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list