respektabel

[ʁespɛkˈtaːbl̩]

/[ʁespɛkˈtaːbl̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“respektabel” is uncommon German (frequency #80,846 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,846
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Achtung und Respekt verdienend

Corpus desk

Index DE-respektabel · respektabel · German

respektabel · rank #80,846 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,846
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Reservist

Nearest frequency peer: Reservist (-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 „respektabel“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for respektabel
PropertyValue
Headwordrespektabel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʁespɛkˈtaːbl̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#80,846
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „respektabel“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.respektabelfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Reservist“ (#80,845), „retrospektiv“ (#80,847), „Reparationszahlungen“ (#80,844). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „respektabel“ bei #80,846. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

respektabel is uncommon German at frequency #80,846 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁespɛkˈtaːbl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Achtung und Respekt verdienend".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for respektabel, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is respektabel, spelled R-E-S-P-E-K-T-A-B-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Achtung und Respekt verdienend

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how respektabel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In seiner Abschlussprüfung erzielte er eine respektable Leistung.

Synonyms

achtbarachtenswert

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 "respektabel"?
"respektabel" is spelled R-E-S-P-E-K-T-A-B-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁespɛkˈtaːbl̩].
What does "respektabel" mean?
As an adjective, "respektabel" means: Achtung und Respekt verdienend
How do you pronounce "respektabel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "respektabel" is [ʁespɛkˈtaːbl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "respektabel" come from?
"respektabel" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "respektabel", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

revidierten#80,850rekrutierte#80,841Raststätten#80,827ranghöchste#80,826

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list