Filmkritik
[ˈfɪlmkʁɪˌtiːk]
The verdict
“Filmkritik” is uncommon German (frequency #51,311 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,311
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kritische Besprechung eines Films
Corpus desk
Index DE-filmkritik · Filmkritik · German
Filmkritik · rank #51,311 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,311
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH figure
Nearest frequency peer: figure (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Filmkritik”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Feuerwehrmä…
Feuerwehrmänner
48,693 corpus weight
- Feuerwerksk…
Feuerwerkskörper
48,692 corpus weight
- figure
figure
48,691 corpus weight
- Filmkritik
Filmkritik
48,690 corpus weight
- Finanzämter
Finanzämter
48,688 corpus weight
- fir
fir
48,687 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Filmkritik” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Filmkritik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɪlmkʁɪˌtiːk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #51,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Filmkritik” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Filmkritik is uncommon German at frequency #51,311 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɪlmkʁɪˌtiːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Filmkritik, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Filmkritik, spelled F-I-L-M-K-R-I-T-I-K.
Definition
- 1kritische Besprechung eines Films
- 2Gesamtheit des sich mit [1] befassenden Bereichs der Filmbranche
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Filmkritik", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.