Rektorat
[ʁɛktoˈʁaːt]
The verdict
“Rektorat” is uncommon German (frequency #61,866 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,866
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Amt und Amtszeit eines Rektors/einer Rektorin
Corpus desk
Index DE-rektorat · Rektorat · German
Rektorat · rank #61,866 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,866
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rekordhalter
Nearest frequency peer: Rekordhalter (-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 „Rektorat“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Reiher
Reiher
38,139 corpus weight
- Rekordhalter
Rekordhalter
38,136 corpus weight
- Rektorat
Rektorat
38,135 corpus weight
- Religionsau…
Religionsausübung
38,134 corpus weight
- Religionswi…
Religionswissenschaft
38,133 corpus weight
- remastered
remastered
38,132 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Rektorat“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rektorat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁɛktoˈʁaːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,866 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rektorat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rektorat is uncommon German at frequency #61,866 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁɛktoˈʁaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Rektorat in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Rektorat, spelled R-E-K-T-O-R-A-T.
Definition
- 1Amt und Amtszeit eines Rektors/einer Rektorin
- 2Räumlichkeit für einen Rektor/eine Rektorin
- 3Verwaltungsgremium einer Hochschule, das sich aus dem Rektor/der Rektorin, den beiden Prorektoren und dem Kanzler zusammensetzt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rektorat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Rektorat bekleidet immer ein Professor, aber nur auf ein halbes Jahr.“
„Im Sommer 1786 fiel ihm zum ersten Male das Rektorat der Universität zu; in seiner Amtszeit hatte er die Aufgabe, im Namen der Albertina dem soeben gekrönten König Friedrich Wilhelm II. die Huldigung der Universität darzubringen, als der Monarch Königsberg besuchte.“
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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