Adelsherrschaft
[ˈaːdl̩sˌhɛʁʃaft]
The verdict
“Adelsherrschaft” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Herrschaft des Adels; politische, soziale und wirtschaftliche Macht, die der Adel während bestimmter historischer Epochen innehatte
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Adelsherrschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaːdl̩sˌhɛʁʃaft] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Adelsherrschaft” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Adelsherrschaft is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaːdl̩sˌhɛʁʃaft]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Herrschaft des Adels; politische, soziale und wirtschaftliche Macht, die der Adel während bestimmter historischer Epochen innehatte".
No misspelling variants are generated for Adelsherrschaft in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Adelsherrschaft, spelled A-D-E-L-S-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Herrschaft des Adels; politische, soziale und wirtschaftliche Macht, die der Adel während bestimmter historischer Epochen innehatte
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Adelsherrschaft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-D-E-L-S-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaːdl̩sˌhɛʁʃaft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.