rektal
[ʁɛkˈtaːl]
The verdict
“rektal” is uncommon German (frequency #98,986 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,986
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zum Mastdarm zugehörig; durch den Mastdarm; über den Mastdarm
Corpus desk
Index DE-rektal · rektal · German
rektal · rank #98,986 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,986
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Relegationssp…
Nearest frequency peer: Relegationsspiele (+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 „rektal“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Reichsansta…
Reichsanstalt
1,019 corpus weight
- rektal
rektal
1,015 corpus weight
- Relegations…
Relegationsspiele
1,014 corpus weight
- Reminiszenz…
Reminiszenzen
1,013 corpus weight
- Remseck
Remseck
1,012 corpus weight
- Residenzsch…
Residenzschloss
1,011 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „rektal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rektal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʁɛkˈtaːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „rektal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
rektal is uncommon German at frequency #98,986 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁɛkˈtaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zum Mastdarm zugehörig; durch den Mastdarm; über den Mastdarm".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rektal, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is rektal, spelled R-E-K-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1zum Mastdarm zugehörig; durch den Mastdarm; über den Mastdarm
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rektal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir werden das Fieber rektal messen.
This word in other languages
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.
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