Todesrate

[ˈtoːdəsˌʁaːtə]

/[ˈtoːdəsˌʁaːtə]/ noun

The verdict

“Todesrate” is uncommon German (frequency #96,371 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,371
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anzahl derjenigen Personen einer untersuchten Gruppe, die sterben (Todesfälle, oft bezogen auf 1 Jahr und 1.000/100.000 Personen, Rate)

Corpus desk

Index DE-todesrate · Todesrate · German

Todesrate · rank #96,371 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,371
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tobel

Nearest frequency peer: Tobel (-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 „Todesrate“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Todesrate
PropertyValue
HeadwordTodesrate
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtoːdəsˌʁaːtə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#96,371
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Todesrate“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Todesratefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Tobel“ (#96,370), „Tokios“ (#96,372), „tierra“ (#96,369). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Todesrate“ bei #96,371. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Todesrate is uncommon German at frequency #96,371 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtoːdəsˌʁaːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anzahl derjenigen Personen einer untersuchten Gruppe, die sterben (Todesfälle, oft bezogen auf 1 Jahr und 1.000/100.000 Personen, Rate)".

Zero misspellings are on record for Todesrate in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Todesrate, spelled T-O-D-E-S-R-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anzahl derjenigen Personen einer untersuchten Gruppe, die sterben (Todesfälle, oft bezogen auf 1 Jahr und 1.000/100.000 Personen, Rate)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Todesrate hatten wir im letzten Abschnitt eingeführt als Quotient aus Anzahl Todesfälle im Zeitintervall dividiert durch Personenzeit. Als Zeiteinheit wird üblicherweise ein Jahr verwendet.“
  2. „Für New York wurde 1812 eine Todesrate von mehr als 700 pro 10000 Ew. geschätzt.“

Antonyms

GeburtenrateGeburtsrate

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 "Todesrate"?
"Todesrate" is spelled T-O-D-E-S-R-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtoːdəsˌʁaːtə].
What does "Todesrate" mean?
As a noun, "Todesrate" means: Anzahl derjenigen Personen einer untersuchten Gruppe, die sterben (Todesfälle, oft bezogen auf 1 Jahr und 1.000/100.000 Personen, Rate)
How do you pronounce "Todesrate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Todesrate" is [ˈtoːdəsˌʁaːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Todesrate" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list