existence
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The verdict
“existence” is uncommon German (frequency #83,938 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,938
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Existenz, Bestehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-existence · existence · German
existence · rank #83,938 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,938
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH EVU
Nearest frequency peer: EVU (-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 „existence“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- erstritten
erstritten
16,068 corpus weight
- erwerbsfähi…
erwerbsfähigen
16,067 corpus weight
- EVU
EVU
16,064 corpus weight
- existence
existence
16,063 corpus weight
- Expertisen
Expertisen
16,062 corpus weight
- fackelt
fackelt
16,059 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „existence“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | existence |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,938 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „existence“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
existence is uncommon German at frequency #83,938 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Existenz, Bestehen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for existence, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is existence, spelled E-X-I-S-T-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Existenz, Bestehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how existence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Most people doubt the existence of the Loch Ness monster.
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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