responsive

[ʁespɔnˈziːvə]

/[ʁespɔnˈziːvə]/ adj

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The verdict

“responsive” is uncommon German (frequency #54,024 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,024
frequency rank, German
42,116
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs responsiv

Key facts for responsive
PropertyValue
Headwordresponsive
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʁespɔnˈziːvə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#54,024
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “responsive” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). responsive lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

responsive is uncommon German at frequency #54,024 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁespɔnˈziːvə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for responsive in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 responsive, spelled R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs responsiv
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs responsiv
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs responsiv
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs responsiv
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs responsiv
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs responsiv
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs responsiv
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs responsiv
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs responsiv

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 "responsive"?
"responsive" is spelled R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁespɔnˈziːvə].
What does "responsive" mean?
As an adjective, "responsive" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs responsiv
How do you pronounce "responsive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "responsive" is [ʁespɔnˈziːvə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "responsive" come from?
"responsive" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “responsive”

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-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ʁespɔnˈziːvə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list