existiert

/[ˌɛksɪsˈtiːɐ̯t]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,819

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

existiert is aGermanverb. It means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs existieren Pronounced [ˌɛksɪsˈtiːɐ̯t]. It ranks #2,819 in German word frequency. Often confused with existierte and existierten.

Key facts for existiert
PropertyValue
Headwordexistiert
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌɛksɪsˈtiːɐ̯t]
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,819
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of existiert in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for existiert is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌɛksɪsˈtiːɐ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,819 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs existieren".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for existiert, with forms such as "eixstiert", "exisitert", and "exisstiert". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "existierte", "existierten", "existent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is existiert, spelled E-X-I-S-T-I-E-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs existieren

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eixstiert,exisitert,exisstiert,existeirt,existierrt,existiertt,existietr,existiret,existtiert,exitsiert,exsitiert,exxistiert,xeistiert

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for existiert

Misspelling Variants of "existiert"

eixstiert9exisitert9exisstiert10existeirt9existierrt10existiertt10existietr9existiret9
Misspelling Variants of "existiert"

Frequency rank: #2,819 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "existiert"?
"existiert" is spelled E-X-I-S-T-I-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɛksɪsˈtiːɐ̯t].
What does "existiert" mean?
As a verb, "existiert" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs existieren
What words are commonly confused with "existiert"?
"existiert" is commonly confused with "existierte", "existierten", "existent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "existiert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "existiert" is [ˌɛksɪsˈtiːɐ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "existiert" come from?
"existiert" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.