regressive

[ʁeɡʁɛˈsiːvə]

/[ʁeɡʁɛˈsiːvə]/ adj

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The verdict

“regressive” is uncommon German (frequency #83,205 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,205
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-regressive · regressive · German

regressive · rank #83,205 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,205
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH regionalem

Nearest frequency peer: regionalem (-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 „regressive“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for regressive
PropertyValue
Headwordregressive
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʁeɡʁɛˈsiːvə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#83,205
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „regressive“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „regionalem“ (#83,204), „reichere“ (#83,206), „Rebhuhn“ (#83,202). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „regressive“ bei #83,205. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

regressive is uncommon German at frequency #83,205 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁeɡʁɛˈsiːvə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for regressive, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is regressive, spelled R-E-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E.

Definition

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

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 "regressive"?
"regressive" is spelled R-E-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁeɡʁɛˈsiːvə].
What does "regressive" mean?
As an adjective, "regressive" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs regressiv
How do you pronounce "regressive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regressive" is [ʁeɡʁɛˈsiːvə]. 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 "regressive", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

regionalem#83,204Rekordtief#83,208Raubkopien#83,198repubblica#83,212

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list