Exorzismus

[ɛksɔʁˈt͡sɪsmʊs]

/[ɛksɔʁˈt͡sɪsmʊs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Exorzismus” is uncommon German (frequency #57,835 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,835
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Austreibung von (vermeintlich vorhandenen) Dämonen, bösen Geistern beziehungsweise des Teufels aus Lebewesen, Orten oder Dingen

Corpus desk

Index DE-exorzismus · Exorzismus · German

Exorzismus · rank #57,835 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,835
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Explosiven

Nearest frequency peer: Explosiven (+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 „Exorzismus“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Exorzismus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Exorzismus
PropertyValue
HeadwordExorzismus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛksɔʁˈt͡sɪsmʊs]
Letters10
Frequency rank#57,835
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Exorzismus“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Exorzismusfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Explosiven“ (#57,836), „Existenzberechtigung“ (#57,833), „Exponenten“ (#57,837). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Exorzismus“ bei #57,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Exorzismus is uncommon German at frequency #57,835 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛksɔʁˈt͡sɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Austreibung von (vermeintlich vorhandenen) Dämonen, bösen Geistern beziehungsweise des Teufels aus Lebewesen, Orten oder Dingen".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Exorzismus, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Exorzismus, spelled E-X-O-R-Z-I-S-M-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Austreibung von (vermeintlich vorhandenen) Dämonen, bösen Geistern beziehungsweise des Teufels aus Lebewesen, Orten oder Dingen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Exorzismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Er wird beschuldigt, für den Tod der Studentin Emily Rose verantwortlich zu sein, nachdem die im Zuge eines Exorzismus gestorben ist.“
  2. „Der Teufelsaustreiber tritt während des Exorzismus in eine Kommunikation mit dem Geist, Dämon oder Teufel und versucht, durch dessen Beseitigung eine Reintegration des Besessenen herbeizuführen.“

Synonyms

DämonenaustreibungTeufelsaustreibung

Antonyms

DämonenbeschwörungTeufelbeschwörung

This word in other languages

exorcism(English)exorcismo(Español)exorcisme(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Exorzismus"?
"Exorzismus" is spelled E-X-O-R-Z-I-S-M-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛksɔʁˈt͡sɪsmʊs].
What does "Exorzismus" mean?
As a noun, "Exorzismus" means: die Austreibung von (vermeintlich vorhandenen) Dämonen, bösen Geistern beziehungsweise des Teufels aus Lebewesen, Orten oder Dingen
How do you pronounce "Exorzismus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Exorzismus" is [ɛksɔʁˈt͡sɪsmʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Exorzismus" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Exorzismus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Explosiven#57,836Exponenten#57,837evaluieren#57,830erwischten#57,825

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list