charakteristisches

[kaʁaktəˈʁɪstɪʃəs]

/[kaʁaktəˈʁɪstɪʃəs]/ adj

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The verdict

“charakteristisches” is uncommon German (frequency #54,420 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,420
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs charakteristisch

Corpus desk

Index DE-charakteristisches · charakteristisches · German

charakteristisches · rank #54,420 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,420
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Charm

Nearest frequency peer: Charm (+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 „charakteristisches“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for charakteristisches
PropertyValue
Headwordcharakteristisches
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[kaʁaktəˈʁɪstɪʃəs]
Letters18
Frequency rank#54,420
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „charakteristisches“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Charm“ (#54,421), „cells“ (#54,418), „Chemikalie“ (#54,422). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „charakteristisches“ bei #54,420. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

charakteristisches is uncommon German at frequency #54,420 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kaʁaktəˈʁɪstɪʃəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

charakteristisches doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 charakteristisches, spelled C-H-A-R-A-K-T-E-R-I-S-T-I-S-C-H-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs charakteristisch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs charakteristisch
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs charakteristisch
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs charakteristisch

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 "charakteristisches"?
"charakteristisches" is spelled C-H-A-R-A-K-T-E-R-I-S-T-I-S-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kaʁaktəˈʁɪstɪʃəs].
What does "charakteristisches" mean?
As an adjective, "charakteristisches" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs charakteristisch
How do you pronounce "charakteristisches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "charakteristisches" is [kaʁaktəˈʁɪstɪʃəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "charakteristisches" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 18 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list