responsible
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The verdict
“responsible” is uncommon German (frequency #77,245 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,245
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Verantwortung für etwas habend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | responsible |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #77,245 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “responsible” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
responsible is uncommon German at frequency #77,245 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for responsible in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is responsible, spelled R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1eine Verantwortung für etwas habend
- 2für etwas zuständig seiend
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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Using “responsible”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.