Transistor
[tʁanˈzɪstoːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Transistor” is uncommon German (frequency #54,152 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,152
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus Halbleitern hergestelltes elektronisches Bauteil, zum Schalten oder Verstärken elektrischer Signale
Corpus desk
Index DE-transistor · Transistor · German
Transistor · rank #54,152 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,152
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Treppenstufen
Nearest frequency peer: Treppenstufen (+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 „Transistor“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Titelkämpfe
Titelkämpfe
45,853 corpus weight
- Totalausfall
Totalausfall
45,851 corpus weight
- Transistor
Transistor
45,849 corpus weight
- Treppenstuf…
Treppenstufen
45,848 corpus weight
- Trials
Trials
45,847 corpus weight
- Trolley
Trolley
45,846 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Transistor“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Transistor |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʁanˈzɪstoːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,152 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Transistor“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Transistor is uncommon German at frequency #54,152 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʁanˈzɪstoːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus Halbleitern hergestelltes elektronisches Bauteil, zum Schalten oder Verstärken elektrischer Signale".
Transistor doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Transistor, spelled T-R-A-N-S-I-S-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1aus Halbleitern hergestelltes elektronisches Bauteil, zum Schalten oder Verstärken elektrischer Signale
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Transistor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heutige Mikrochips enthalten tausende oder Millionen von Transistoren.
„Transistoren sind die Universalelemente der Mikroelektronik - je mehr davon auf derselben Fläche untergebracht werden können, desto leistungsfähiger ist ein Chip.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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