subversive
[səbˈvəːsɪv]
The verdict
“subversive” is uncommon German (frequency #69,750 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,750
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - subversiv: umstürzlerisch
Corpus desk
Index DE-subversive · subversive · German
subversive · rank #69,750 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,750
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Stützpunkten
Nearest frequency peer: Stützpunkten (-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 „subversive“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- städtisch
städtisch
30,255 corpus weight
- Stürmers
Stürmers
30,253 corpus weight
- Stützpunkten
Stützpunkten
30,252 corpus weight
- subversive
subversive
30,251 corpus weight
- summ
summ
30,250 corpus weight
- Suren
Suren
30,249 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „subversive“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subversive |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [səbˈvəːsɪv] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „subversive“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
subversive is uncommon German at frequency #69,750 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [səbˈvəːsɪv]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "subversiv: umstürzlerisch".
No misspelling variants are generated for subversive in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is subversive, spelled S-U-B-V-E-R-S-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1subversiv: umstürzlerisch
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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