Entität
[ɛntiˈtɛːt]
The verdict
“Entität” is uncommon German (frequency #58,722 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,722
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas, das ist; irgendein Seiendes; ein konkreter oder abstrakter Gegenstand (Oberbegriff für Dinge, Eigenschaften, Relationen, Sachverhalte und so weiter)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Entität |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛntiˈtɛːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,722 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Entität” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Entität is uncommon German at frequency #58,722 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛntiˈtɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Entität doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Entität, spelled E-N-T-I-T-Ä-T.
Definition
- 1etwas, das ist; irgendein Seiendes; ein konkreter oder abstrakter Gegenstand (Oberbegriff für Dinge, Eigenschaften, Relationen, Sachverhalte und so weiter)
- 2die Wesenheit, der Seinscharakter; ein für das Dasein eines Gegenstandes und seiner Identität notwendiges Element
- 3eine beliebige Größe, Einheit oder Eigenschaft
- 4Umschreibung eines Teilstaats oder einer Bevölkerungsgruppe, teilweise in abwertender Absicht
- 5ein eindeutig zu bestimmendes Objekt, über das Informationen gespeichert oder verarbeitet werden sollen
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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 “Entität”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-N-T-I-T-Ä-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.