Dramaturgie
[ˌdʁamatʊʁˈɡiː]
The verdict
“Dramaturgie” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #26,828 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #26,828
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wissenschaft von den dichterischen Gesetzen des Dramas und seiner Darstellung auf der Bühne
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dramaturgie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌdʁamatʊʁˈɡiː] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #26,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dramaturgie” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Dramaturgie is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌdʁamatʊʁˈɡiː]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,828 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dramaturgie, with forms such as "darmaturgie", "ddramaturgie", and "draamturgie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Dramaturgie, spelled D-R-A-M-A-T-U-R-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Wissenschaft von den dichterischen Gesetzen des Dramas und seiner Darstellung auf der Bühne
- 2dramatische Gestalt, dramatische Struktur eines Dramas (zum Beispiel Film, Hörspiel)
- 3eine Abteilung, auch die Einrichtung, in der Dramaturgen arbeiten
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: darmaturgie,ddramaturgie,draamturgie,dramatrugie,dramatturgie,dramatugrie,dramaturgei,dramaturggie,dramaturige,dramaturrgie,dramautrgie,drammaturgie,dramtaurgie,drmaaturgie,drramaturgie,rdamaturgie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dramaturgie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Dramaturgie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-R-A-M-A-T-U-R-G-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌdʁamatʊʁˈɡiː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.