adversity
[ɜdvɜːsətɪ]
The verdict
“adversity” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Missgeschick, Unglück
Corpus desk
Index DE-adversity · adversity · German
adversity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adversity |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɜdvɜːsətɪ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „adversity“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
adversity is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɜdvɜːsətɪ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for adversity in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is adversity, spelled A-D-V-E-R-S-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Missgeschick, Unglück
- 2Not, Elend
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.