Rektorin
[ˌʁɛkˈtoːʁɪn]
The verdict
“Rektorin” is uncommon German (frequency #50,002 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,002
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Leiterin einer Schule (Grund-, Haupt-, Real- oder Sonderschule)
Corpus desk
Index DE-rektorin · Rektorin · German
Rektorin · rank #50,002 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,002
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rekordzeit
Nearest frequency peer: Rekordzeit (-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 „Rektorin“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Reifung
Reifung
50,002 corpus weight
- Reiterin
Reiterin
50,001 corpus weight
- Rekordzeit
Rekordzeit
50,000 corpus weight
- Rektorin
Rektorin
49,999 corpus weight
- religiösem
religiösem
49,998 corpus weight
- returns
returns
49,997 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Rektorin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rektorin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌʁɛkˈtoːʁɪn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rektorin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rektorin is uncommon German at frequency #50,002 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌʁɛkˈtoːʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Rektorin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Rektorin, spelled R-E-K-T-O-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1Leiterin einer Schule (Grund-, Haupt-, Real- oder Sonderschule)
- 2Leiterin einer Hochschule
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rektorin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Während Milena und ich vor dem Zimmer der Rektorin saßen und auf Amalia warteten, hielt Milena meine Hand, als ob ich Trost bräuchte.“
Die Rektorin eröffnete feierlich die neue Schulkantine.
Synonyms
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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