Terrorakt

[ˈtɛʁoːɐ̯ˌʔakt]

/[ˈtɛʁoːɐ̯ˌʔakt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Terrorakt” is uncommon German (frequency #75,121 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,121
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Handlung, die in der Ausübung hemmungsloser Gewalt besteht

Corpus desk

Index DE-terrorakt · Terrorakt · German

Terrorakt · rank #75,121 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,121
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tellerwäscher

Nearest frequency peer: Tellerwäscher (-2 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 „Terrorakt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Terrorakt
PropertyValue
HeadwordTerrorakt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtɛʁoːɐ̯ˌʔakt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#75,121
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Terrorakt“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Tellerwäscher“ (#75,119), „Theaterbühne“ (#75,123), „teilnahmslos“ (#75,118). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Terrorakt“ bei #75,121. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Terrorakt is uncommon German at frequency #75,121 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtɛʁoːɐ̯ˌʔakt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Handlung, die in der Ausübung hemmungsloser Gewalt besteht".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Terrorakt, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Terrorakt, spelled T-E-R-R-O-R-A-K-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Handlung, die in der Ausübung hemmungsloser Gewalt besteht

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Terrorakt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Deren Terrorakte, auch gegen die politische Konkurrenz im eigenen Land, wurden immer planmäßiger - und die Repressalien der Militärs immer hemmungsloser.“

Synonyms

Terrortat

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 "Terrorakt"?
"Terrorakt" is spelled T-E-R-R-O-R-A-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtɛʁoːɐ̯ˌʔakt].
What does "Terrorakt" mean?
As a noun, "Terrorakt" means: Handlung, die in der Ausübung hemmungsloser Gewalt besteht
How do you pronounce "Terrorakt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Terrorakt" is [ˈtɛʁoːɐ̯ˌʔakt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Terrorakt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Terrorakt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Teenagers#75,116stressige#75,096Stofftier#75,091Ukrainern#75,151

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list