amicitia

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The verdict

“amicitia” is uncommon German (frequency #91,263 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,263
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beziehung zwischen Freunden; Freundschaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-amicitia · amicitia · German

amicitia · rank #91,263 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,263
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH althochdeutsch

Nearest frequency peer: althochdeutsch (-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 „amicitia“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for amicitia
PropertyValue
Headwordamicitia
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#91,263
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „amicitia“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).amicitiafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „althochdeutsch“ (#91,262), „amish“ (#91,264), „allgemeingültigen“ (#91,261). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „amicitia“ bei #91,263. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

amicitia is uncommon German at frequency #91,263 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for amicitia in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is amicitia, spelled A-M-I-C-I-T-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Beziehung zwischen Freunden; Freundschaft
  2. 2
    Bündnis zwischen Völkern oder Oberhäuptern; Freundschaftsbündnis

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „His rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti constituerunt ea, quae ad proficiscendum pertinerent, comparare, iumentorum et carrorum quam maximum numerum coemere, sementes quam maximas facere, ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret, cum proximis civitatibus pacem et amicitiam confirmare.“ (Caes. Gall. 1,3,1)

Synonyms

amicities

Antonyms

inimicitia

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 "amicitia"?
"amicitia" is spelled A-M-I-C-I-T-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "amicitia" mean?
As a noun, "amicitia" means: Beziehung zwischen Freunden; Freundschaft
How do you pronounce "amicitia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amicitia" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ammonium#91,265Alkohole#91,259abwerben#91,242asexuell#91,287

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list