capitalism
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The verdict
“capitalism” is uncommon German (frequency #81,387 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,387
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kapitalismus
Corpus desk
Index DE-capitalism · capitalism · German
capitalism · rank #81,387 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,387
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Canyons
Nearest frequency peer: Canyons (-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 „capitalism“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Calcit
Calcit
18,620 corpus weight
- campagne
campagne
18,618 corpus weight
- Canyons
Canyons
18,615 corpus weight
- capitalism
capitalism
18,614 corpus weight
- capoeira
capoeira
18,613 corpus weight
- casten
casten
18,610 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „capitalism“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capitalism |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #81,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „capitalism“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
capitalism is uncommon German at frequency #81,387 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kapitalismus".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for capitalism, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is capitalism, spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1Kapitalismus
This word in other languages
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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