Celebrity

[səˈlɛbʁɪti]

/[səˈlɛbʁɪti]/ noun

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The verdict

“Celebrity” is uncommon German (frequency #53,579 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,579
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Gesellschaft bekannte, weibliche Person

Corpus desk

Index DE-celebrity · Celebrity · German

Celebrity · rank #53,579 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,579
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH campaign

Nearest frequency peer: campaign (-4 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 „Celebrity“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Celebrity
PropertyValue
HeadwordCelebrity
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[səˈlɛbʁɪti]
Letters9
Frequency rank#53,579
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Celebrity“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „campaign“ (#53,575), „chronologischer“ (#53,583), „cine“ (#53,584). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Celebrity“ bei #53,579. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Celebrity is uncommon German at frequency #53,579 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [səˈlɛbʁɪti]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der Gesellschaft bekannte, weibliche Person".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Celebrity in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Celebrity, spelled C-E-L-E-B-R-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    in der Gesellschaft bekannte, weibliche Person

Synonyms

BerühmtheitProminente

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 "Celebrity"?
"Celebrity" is spelled C-E-L-E-B-R-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [səˈlɛbʁɪti].
What does "Celebrity" mean?
As a noun, "Celebrity" means: in der Gesellschaft bekannte, weibliche Person
How do you pronounce "Celebrity"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Celebrity" is [səˈlɛbʁɪti]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Celebrity" come from?
"Celebrity" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Celebrity", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Concierge#53,590Buchdruck#53,565Dachstein#53,602Demagogen#53,607

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list