Derwisch
[ˈdɛʁvɪʃ]
The verdict
“Derwisch” is uncommon German (frequency #82,655 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,655
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mitglied einer religiösen islamischen Ordensgemeinschaft, zu dessen Riten Musik und rhythmische Tänze gehören
Corpus desk
Index DE-derwisch · Derwisch · German
Derwisch · rank #82,655 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,655
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Deputation
Nearest frequency peer: Deputation (-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 „Derwisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Denkern
Denkern
17,349 corpus weight
- deployment
deployment
17,348 corpus weight
- Deputation
Deputation
17,347 corpus weight
- Derwisch
Derwisch
17,346 corpus weight
- Desperados
Desperados
17,345 corpus weight
- deutschnati…
deutschnationale
17,344 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Derwisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Derwisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɛʁvɪʃ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,655 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Derwisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Derwisch is uncommon German at frequency #82,655 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɛʁvɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mitglied einer religiösen islamischen Ordensgemeinschaft, zu dessen Riten Musik und rhythmische Tänze gehören".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Derwisch, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Derwisch, spelled D-E-R-W-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Mitglied einer religiösen islamischen Ordensgemeinschaft, zu dessen Riten Musik und rhythmische Tänze gehören
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Derwisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zahlreiche Derwische legen das Armutsgelübde ab und leben in mönchisch zurückgezogener Askese.
„Die drehenden Derwische sind besonders in der Türkei zu einer touristischen Attraktion geworden, der Heimat des Mevlevi-Ordens aus Konya.“
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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