Reliquiar
[ʁelikviˈaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Reliquiar” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kunstvolles Behältnis zur Aufbewahrung von Reliquien
Corpus desk
Index DE-reliquiar · Reliquiar · German
Reliquiar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Reliquiar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁelikviˈaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Reliquiar“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Reliquiar is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁelikviˈaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kunstvolles Behältnis zur Aufbewahrung von Reliquien".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Reliquiar in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Reliquiar, spelled R-E-L-I-Q-U-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1kunstvolles Behältnis zur Aufbewahrung von Reliquien
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.