Doppeldeutigkeit
[ˈdɔpl̩ˌdɔɪ̯tɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Doppeldeutigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #83,859 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,859
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zustand, der zwei Deutungen beziehungsweise zwei Arten der Interpretation zulässt
Corpus desk
Index DE-doppeldeutigkeit · Doppeldeutigkeit · German
Doppeldeutigkeit · rank #83,859 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,859
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Doppelhaus
Nearest frequency peer: Doppelhaus (+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 „Doppeldeutigkeit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Doktorandin
Doktorandin
16,146 corpus weight
- Dokumentarf…
Dokumentarfilmer
16,145 corpus weight
- Doppeldeuti…
Doppeldeutigkeit
16,142 corpus weight
- Doppelhaus
Doppelhaus
16,141 corpus weight
- Dotter
Dotter
16,140 corpus weight
- Douglasie
Douglasie
16,139 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Doppeldeutigkeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Doppeldeutigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɔpl̩ˌdɔɪ̯tɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #83,859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Doppeldeutigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Doppeldeutigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #83,859 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɔpl̩ˌdɔɪ̯tɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zustand, der zwei Deutungen beziehungsweise zwei Arten der Interpretation zulässt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Doppeldeutigkeit in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Doppeldeutigkeit, spelled D-O-P-P-E-L-D-E-U-T-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Zustand, der zwei Deutungen beziehungsweise zwei Arten der Interpretation zulässt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Doppeldeutigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Doppeldeutigkeit seiner Aussage fiel ihm erst im Nachhinein auf.
„Solche Definitionen meinen vor allem den Wortwitz, der sich an der Doppeldeutigkeit von Worten entzündet, und zwar vor allem dann, wenn die Sinnbereiche eines und desselben Wortes möglichst weit voneinander entfernt liegen.“
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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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