Formalität

[fɔʁmaliˈtɛːt]

/[fɔʁmaliˈtɛːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Formalität” is an uncommon German word, ranked #70,269 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#70,269
frequency rank, German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - äußere, möglicherweise behördliche Vorschrift

Key facts for Formalität
PropertyValue
HeadwordFormalität
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɔʁmaliˈtɛːt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#70,269
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Formalität” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Formalität lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Formalität is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɔʁmaliˈtɛːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #70,269 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Formalität, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Formalität, spelled F-O-R-M-A-L-I-T-Ä-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    äußere, möglicherweise behördliche Vorschrift
  2. 2
    Handlung oder Vorgang mit nur äußerlicher Bedeutung

Synonyms

VorgabeFormsacheFormalie

This word in other languages

formality(English)

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 "Formalität"?
"Formalität" is spelled F-O-R-M-A-L-I-T-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɔʁmaliˈtɛːt].
What does "Formalität" mean?
As a noun, "Formalität" means: äußere, möglicherweise behördliche Vorschrift
How do you pronounce "Formalität"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Formalität" is [fɔʁmaliˈtɛːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Formalität" come from?
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Using “Formalität”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is F-O-R-M-A-L-I-T-Ä-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [fɔʁmaliˈtɛːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list