Alphabetismus
[alfabeˈtɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Alphabetismus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fähigkeit, lesen (und meist auch schreiben) zu können
Corpus desk
Index DE-alphabetismus · Alphabetismus · German
Alphabetismus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Alphabetismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alfabeˈtɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Alphabetismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Alphabetismus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [alfabeˈtɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Alphabetismus, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Alphabetismus, spelled A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Fähigkeit, lesen (und meist auch schreiben) zu können
- 2Reihe von meist Anfangsbuchstaben mehrerer Wörter, die eine Abkürzung des Gesamtbegriffes darstellen und Buchstabe für Buchstabe gelesen/gesprochen werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Alphabetismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Alphabetismus wird in Deutschland heutzutage vorausgesetzt.
„Der hier dargestellten Indikator "Alphabetismus" weist auf ihre unterpriviligierte Stellung in vielen Bereichen des innerfamiliären und gesellschaftlichen Lebens hin, in der heute eine wesentliche Ursache für Unterentwicklung gesehen wird.“
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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.