spekulative

[ʃpekulaˈtiːvə]

/[ʃpekulaˈtiːvə]/ adj

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The verdict

“spekulative” is uncommon German (frequency #54,094 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,094
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spekulativ

Corpus desk

Index DE-spekulative · spekulative · German

spekulative · rank #54,094 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,094
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sparrow

Nearest frequency peer: sparrow (-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 „spekulative“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for spekulative
PropertyValue
Headwordspekulative
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʃpekulaˈtiːvə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#54,094
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „spekulative“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).spekulativefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sparrow“ (#54,093), „sperr“ (#54,095), „spannendste“ (#54,092). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „spekulative“ bei #54,094. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

spekulative is uncommon German at frequency #54,094 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʃpekulaˈtiːvə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

spekulative doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is spekulative, spelled S-P-E-K-U-L-A-T-I-V-E.

Definition

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

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 "spekulative"?
"spekulative" is spelled S-P-E-K-U-L-A-T-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃpekulaˈtiːvə].
What does "spekulative" mean?
As an adjective, "spekulative" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spekulativ
How do you pronounce "spekulative"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spekulative" is [ʃpekulaˈtiːvə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spekulative" come from?
"spekulative" 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 "spekulative", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

spannendste#54,092Startplätze#54,108Strafkammer#54,116Strickjacke#54,119

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list