Arglist

/[ˈaʁkˌlɪst]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#89,949

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Arglist is aGermannoun. It means: Hinterlist und Boshaftigkeit, die darauf abzielen, anderen Nachteile zuzufügen Pronounced [ˈaʁkˌlɪst].

Key facts for Arglist
PropertyValue
HeadwordArglist
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaʁkˌlɪst]
Letters7
Frequency rank#89,949
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Arglist in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Arglist is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʁkˌlɪst]. Corpus data places it at rank #89,949 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Arglist in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Arglist, spelled A-R-G-L-I-S-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hinterlist und Boshaftigkeit, die darauf abzielen, anderen Nachteile zuzufügen
  2. 2
    (mindestens bedingter) Vorsatz bezüglich einer Täuschungshandlung, der Erregung eines Irrtums und der daraus resultierenden Abgabe einer Willenserklärung

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Frequency rank: #89,949 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Arglist"?
"Arglist" is spelled A-R-G-L-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʁkˌlɪst].
What does "Arglist" mean?
As a noun, "Arglist" means: Hinterlist und Boshaftigkeit, die darauf abzielen, anderen Nachteile zuzufügen
How do you pronounce "Arglist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Arglist" is [ˈaʁkˌlɪst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Arglist" come from?
"Arglist" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.