Arbeitslosigkeit
[ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Arbeitslosigkeit” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #6,271 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,271
- frequency rank, German
- 16
- letters
- 25
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zustand einer Person oder einer Gruppe von Personen, die bezahlte Beschäftigung/Arbeit sucht und keine hat
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arbeitslosigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sloːzɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #6,271 |
| Misspellings tracked | 25 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Arbeitslosigkeit” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Arbeitslosigkeit is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,271 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Zustand einer Person oder einer Gruppe von Personen, die bezahlte Beschäftigung/Arbeit sucht und keine hat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 25 likely wrong-spelling variants for Arbeitslosigkeit, with forms such as "abreitslosigkeit", "arbbeitslosigkeit", and "arbeistlosigkeit". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Arbeitslosigkeit, spelled A-R-B-E-I-T-S-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Zustand einer Person oder einer Gruppe von Personen, die bezahlte Beschäftigung/Arbeit sucht und keine hat
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abreitslosigkeit,arbbeitslosigkeit,arbeistlosigkeit,arbeitlsosigkeit,arbeitsllosigkeit,arbeitsloisgkeit,arbeitslosgikeit,arbeitslosigekit,arbeitslosiggkeit,arbeitslosigkeitt,arbeitslosigketi,arbeitslosigkiet,arbeitslosigkkeit,arbeitslosikgeit,arbeitslossigkeit,arbeitslsoigkeit,arbeitsolsigkeit,arbeitsslosigkeit,arbeittslosigkeit,arbetislosigkeit,arbietslosigkeit,arbietslosigkiet,arebitslosigkeit,arrbeitslosigkeit,rabeitslosigkeit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Arbeitslosigkeit - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “Arbeitslosigkeit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-R-B-E-I-T-S-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sloːzɪçkaɪ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.