Arbeitsloser

[ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sloːzɐ]

/[ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sloːzɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Arbeitsloser” is uncommon German (frequency #51,110 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,110
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person ohne einen Arbeitsplatz oder Anstellung

Corpus desk

Index DE-arbeitsloser · Arbeitsloser · German

Arbeitsloser · rank #51,110 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,110
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Arbeitsabläufe

Nearest frequency peer: Arbeitsabläufe (-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 „Arbeitsloser“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Arbeitsloser
PropertyValue
HeadwordArbeitsloser
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sloːzɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#51,110
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Arbeitsloser“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Arbeitsloserfällt 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: „Arbeitsabläufe“ (#51,109), „Archivalien“ (#51,111), „Ariadne“ (#51,112). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Arbeitsloser“ bei #51,110. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Arbeitsloser is uncommon German at frequency #51,110 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sloːzɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person ohne einen Arbeitsplatz oder Anstellung".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Arbeitsloser, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Arbeitsloser, spelled A-R-B-E-I-T-S-L-O-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person ohne einen Arbeitsplatz oder Anstellung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. An seine Situation als Arbeitsloser konnte Rafael sich nie gewöhnen.
  2. „Hinzu kam, dass die Zahl der Arbeitslosen stark angestiegen war.“

Synonyms

Arbeitssuchender

Antonyms

ArbeiterBeamterBeschäftigterAngestellterSelbständiger

This word in other languages

desempleado(Español)chômeur(Français)desempregado(Português)

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 "Arbeitsloser"?
"Arbeitsloser" is spelled A-R-B-E-I-T-S-L-O-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sloːzɐ].
What does "Arbeitsloser" mean?
As a noun, "Arbeitsloser" means: Person ohne einen Arbeitsplatz oder Anstellung
How do you pronounce "Arbeitsloser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Arbeitsloser" is [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sloːzɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Arbeitsloser" come from?
"Arbeitsloser" 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 "Arbeitsloser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list