Futurologe
[futuʁoˈloːɡə]
The verdict
“Futurologe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wissenschaftler, der mit wissenschaftlichen Methoden versucht, die Zukunft so gut wie möglich vorherzusagen; eine Person, die sich (beruflich) mit Futurologie beschäftigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-futurologe · Futurologe · German
Futurologe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Futurologe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [futuʁoˈloːɡə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Futurologe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Futurologe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [futuʁoˈloːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wissenschaftler, der mit wissenschaftlichen Methoden versucht, die Zukunft so gut wie möglich vorherzusagen; eine Person, die sich (beruflich) mit Futurologie beschäftigt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Futurologe, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Futurologe, spelled F-U-T-U-R-O-L-O-G-E.
Definition
- 1Wissenschaftler, der mit wissenschaftlichen Methoden versucht, die Zukunft so gut wie möglich vorherzusagen; eine Person, die sich (beruflich) mit Futurologie beschäftigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Futurologe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Futurologen trafen sich zu einem Kongress.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.