Ressortleiter
[ʁɛˈsoːɐ̯ˌlaɪ̯tɐ]
The verdict
“Ressortleiter” is uncommon German (frequency #89,494 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,494
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Leiter eines Ressorts
Corpus desk
Index DE-ressortleiter · Ressortleiter · German
Ressortleiter · rank #89,494 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,494
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH retard
Nearest frequency peer: retard (+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 „Ressortleiter“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Rentenfonds
Rentenfonds
10,510 corpus weight
- Reproduzier…
Reproduzierbarkeit
10,509 corpus weight
- Ressortleit…
Ressortleiter
10,507 corpus weight
- retard
retard
10,506 corpus weight
- rettest
rettest
10,505 corpus weight
- Rezitation
Rezitation
10,504 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ressortleiter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ressortleiter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁɛˈsoːɐ̯ˌlaɪ̯tɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #89,494 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ressortleiter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ressortleiter is uncommon German at frequency #89,494 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁɛˈsoːɐ̯ˌlaɪ̯tɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Leiter eines Ressorts".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ressortleiter, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ressortleiter, spelled R-E-S-S-O-R-T-L-E-I-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Leiter eines Ressorts
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ressortleiter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zuvor, um 9 Uhr, kämen die Redakteure mit ihrem Ressortleiter zusammen und besprächen die Themen des Tages.“
„Der Ressortleiter erhält ausreichende Kompetenzen, um die üblichen Entscheidungen in seinem Ressort allein treffen zu können, ohne dass ein zusätzlicher Vorstandsbeschluss erforderlich ist.“
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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