translate

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The verdict

“translate” is uncommon German (frequency #51,752 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,752
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - übersetzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-translate · translate · German

translate · rank #51,752 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,752
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH trades

Nearest frequency peer: trades (-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 „translate“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for translate
PropertyValue
Headwordtranslate
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,752
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „translate“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.translatefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „trades“ (#51,751), „Trennungen“ (#51,753), „Todesurteile“ (#51,750). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „translate“ bei #51,752. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

translate is uncommon German at frequency #51,752 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "übersetzen".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for translate, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with 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 translate, spelled T-R-A-N-S-L-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    übersetzen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. I like translating.

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 "translate"?
"translate" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-L-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "translate" mean?
As a verb, "translate" means: übersetzen
How do you pronounce "translate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "translate" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "translate" come from?
"translate" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

teuflisch#51,745unbesiegt#51,769verdenken#51,788Stieglitz#51,714

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list