Dunkelheit
[ˈdʊŋkl̩haɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Dunkelheit” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,821 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,821
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein dunkler, lichtarmer Zustand oder Ort
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dunkelheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʊŋkl̩haɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #5,821 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dunkelheit” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Dunkelheit is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdʊŋkl̩haɪ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,821 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dunkelheit, with forms such as "ddunkelheit", "dnukelheit", and "duknelheit". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Dunkelheit, spelled D-U-N-K-E-L-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1ein dunkler, lichtarmer Zustand oder Ort
- 2düsterer, unheimlicher, unklarer Zustand
- 3fehlende Klarheit, Verständlichkeit (vor allem von Formulierungen)
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddunkelheit,dnukelheit,duknelheit,duneklheit,dunkehleit,dunkelehit,dunkelheitt,dunkelheti,dunkelhheit,dunkelhiet,dunkellheit,dunkkelheit,dunkleheit,dunnkelheit,udnkelheit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dunkelheit - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Dunkelheit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-U-N-K-E-L-H-E-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdʊŋkl̩haɪ̯t] (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.