Formalität

[fɔʁmaliˈtɛːt]

/[fɔʁmaliˈtɛːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Formalität” is uncommon German (frequency #70,269 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,269
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - äußere, möglicherweise behördliche Vorschrift

Corpus desk

Index DE-formalitat · Formalität · German

Formalität · rank #70,269 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,269
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH formuliere

Nearest frequency peer: formuliere (+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 „Formalität“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Formalität
PropertyValue
HeadwordFormalität
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɔʁmaliˈtɛːt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#70,269
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Formalität“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Formalitätfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „formuliere“ (#70,270), „forstlichen“ (#70,271), „Fluglehrer“ (#70,266). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Formalität“ bei #70,269. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Formalität is uncommon German at frequency #70,269 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɔʁmaliˈtɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ich habe alle für das Visum erforderlichen Formalitäten erledigt.
  2. „Die Nachbarn kamen und gingen, und der Pfarrer kümmerte sich um die Formalitäten der Beerdigung.“

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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

formuliere#70,270Fluglehrer#70,266fiktionale#70,257fundiertes#70,281

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list