Analphabetismus

[anʔalfabeˈtɪsmʊs]

/[anʔalfabeˈtɪsmʊs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Analphabetismus” is uncommon German (frequency #86,157 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,157
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zustand, in dem Jemand nicht Lesen und Schreiben kann, Zustand eines Analphabeten

Corpus desk

Index DE-analphabetismus · Analphabetismus · German

Analphabetismus · rank #86,157 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,157
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Amateurs

Nearest frequency peer: Amateurs (-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 „Analphabetismus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Analphabetismus
PropertyValue
HeadwordAnalphabetismus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[anʔalfabeˈtɪsmʊs]
Letters15
Frequency rank#86,157
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Analphabetismus“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Analphabetismusfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Amateurs“ (#86,156), „anerkenne“ (#86,158), „anfertigte“ (#86,159). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Analphabetismus“ bei #86,157. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Analphabetismus is uncommon German at frequency #86,157 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [anʔalfabeˈtɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zustand, in dem Jemand nicht Lesen und Schreiben kann, Zustand eines Analphabeten".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Analphabetismus, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Analphabetismus, spelled A-N-A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T-I-S-M-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zustand, in dem Jemand nicht Lesen und Schreiben kann, Zustand eines Analphabeten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Das Bildungsministerium startet eine Kampagne gegen Analphabetismus.
  2. Die Statistik verschweigt die Häufigkeit funktionaler Analphabetismen.

Synonyms

Schriftunkundigkeit

Antonyms

Schriftkundigkeit

This word in other languages

illiteracy(English)analfabetismo(Español)analphabétisme(Français)

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 "Analphabetismus"?
"Analphabetismus" is spelled A-N-A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T-I-S-M-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [anʔalfabeˈtɪsmʊs].
What does "Analphabetismus" mean?
As a noun, "Analphabetismus" means: Zustand, in dem Jemand nicht Lesen und Schreiben kann, Zustand eines Analphabeten
How do you pronounce "Analphabetismus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Analphabetismus" is [anʔalfabeˈtɪsmʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Analphabetismus" come from?
"Analphabetismus" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

altersbedingten#86,154Antikommunismus#86,174zweischneidiges#86,101Aussichtspunkte#86,217

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list