armseliger

[ˈaʁmˌzeːlɪɡɐ]

/[ˈaʁmˌzeːlɪɡɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“armseliger” is uncommon German (frequency #87,408 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,408
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs armselig

Corpus desk

Index DE-armseliger · armseliger · German

armseliger · rank #87,408 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,408
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Armreif

Nearest frequency peer: Armreif (-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 „armseliger“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for armseliger
PropertyValue
Headwordarmseliger
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈaʁmˌzeːlɪɡɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#87,408
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „armseliger“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.armseligerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Armreif“ (#87,407), „Arschgeige“ (#87,409), „armed“ (#87,406). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „armseliger“ bei #87,408. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

armseliger is uncommon German at frequency #87,408 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈaʁmˌzeːlɪɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

armseliger has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 armseliger, spelled A-R-M-S-E-L-I-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs armselig
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs armselig
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs armselig
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs armselig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs armselig

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 "armseliger"?
"armseliger" is spelled A-R-M-S-E-L-I-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʁmˌzeːlɪɡɐ].
What does "armseliger" mean?
As an adjective, "armseliger" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs armselig
How do you pronounce "armseliger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "armseliger" is [ˈaʁmˌzeːlɪɡɐ]. 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 "armseliger", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Arschgeige#87,409aufflammen#87,419anwendbare#87,396Aufhellung#87,421

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list