artificial

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The verdict

“artificial” is uncommon German (frequency #80,080 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,080
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - künstlich, artifiziell

Corpus desk

Index DE-artificial · artificial · German

artificial · rank #80,080 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,080
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aspiranten

Nearest frequency peer: Aspiranten (+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 „artificial“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for artificial
PropertyValue
Headwordartificial
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,080
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „artificial“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).artificialfällt 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: „Aspiranten“ (#80,081), „Armlehnen“ (#80,078), „Assassinen“ (#80,082). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „artificial“ bei #80,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

artificial is uncommon German at frequency #80,080 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "künstlich, artifiziell".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for artificial, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is artificial, spelled A-R-T-I-F-I-C-I-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    künstlich, artifiziell

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 "artificial"?
"artificial" is spelled A-R-T-I-F-I-C-I-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "artificial" mean?
As an adjective, "artificial" means: künstlich, artifiziell
How do you pronounce "artificial"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "artificial" is […]. 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 "artificial", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Aspiranten#80,081Assassinen#80,082Ausbildern#80,091anprobiert#80,064

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list