atypisch

[ˈaˌtypɪʃ]

/[ˈaˌtypɪʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“atypisch” is uncommon German (frequency #91,292 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,292
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vom allgemeinen Typ abweichen; für jemanden oder etwas nicht charakteristisch

Corpus desk

Index DE-atypisch · atypisch · German

atypisch · rank #91,292 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,292
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH astronomischer

Nearest frequency peer: astronomischer (-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 „atypisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for atypisch
PropertyValue
Headwordatypisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈaˌtypɪʃ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#91,292
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „atypisch“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „astronomischer“ (#91,291), „Aufenthaltsräume“ (#91,293), „Assyrien“ (#91,290). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „atypisch“ bei #91,292. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

atypisch is uncommon German at frequency #91,292 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈaˌtypɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vom allgemeinen Typ abweichen; für jemanden oder etwas nicht charakteristisch".

atypisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is atypisch, spelled A-T-Y-P-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    vom allgemeinen Typ abweichen; für jemanden oder etwas nicht charakteristisch

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dieses Exemplar weist eine für seine Spezies sehr atypische Verhaltensweise auf.
  2. „Jeder sechste ältere Covid-19-Patient hat atypische Symptome, die oft missgedeutet und übersehen werden.“

Synonyms

ungewöhnlichuntypisch

Antonyms

typisch

This word in other languages

atypical(English)atípico(Español)atypique(Français)

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 "atypisch"?
"atypisch" is spelled A-T-Y-P-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaˌtypɪʃ].
What does "atypisch" mean?
As an adjective, "atypisch" means: vom allgemeinen Typ abweichen; für jemanden oder etwas nicht charakteristisch
How do you pronounce "atypisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atypisch" is [ˈaˌtypɪʃ]. 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 "atypisch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Assyrien#91,290aspartam#91,288asexuell#91,287aufzählt#91,301

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list