diktatorisch
[dɪktaˈtoːʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“diktatorisch” is an uncommon German word, ranked #86,365 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #86,365
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in der Art einer Diktatur, auf einer Diktatur beruhend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diktatorisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [dɪktaˈtoːʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #86,365 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “diktatorisch” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for diktatorisch is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [dɪktaˈtoːʁɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #86,365 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
diktatorisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is diktatorisch, spelled D-I-K-T-A-T-O-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1in der Art einer Diktatur, auf einer Diktatur beruhend
- 2keinen Widerspruch duldend, herrisch
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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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Using “diktatorisch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-I-K-T-A-T-O-R-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [dɪktaˈtoːʁɪʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.