barmherzig
[baʁmˈhɛʁt͡sɪç]
The verdict
“barmherzig” is an uncommon German word, ranked #56,800 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #56,800
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mitgefühl für die Notleidenden, Benachteiligten zeigend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barmherzig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [baʁmˈhɛʁt͡sɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,800 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “barmherzig” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for barmherzig is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baʁmˈhɛʁt͡sɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #56,800 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mitgefühl für die Notleidenden, Benachteiligten zeigend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for barmherzig, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is barmherzig, spelled B-A-R-M-H-E-R-Z-I-G.
Definition
- 1Mitgefühl für die Notleidenden, Benachteiligten zeigend
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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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-A-R-M-H-E-R-Z-I-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.