Homonymie
[homonyˈmiː]
The verdict
“Homonymie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gleiche Wortform bei Wörtern, die verschiedene Bedeutungen haben
Corpus desk
Index DE-homonymie · Homonymie · German
Homonymie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | Homonymie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [homonyˈmiː] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Homonymie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Homonymie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [homonyˈmiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gleiche Wortform bei Wörtern, die verschiedene Bedeutungen haben".
No misspelling variants are generated for Homonymie in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Homonymie, spelled H-O-M-O-N-Y-M-I-E.
Definition
- 1gleiche Wortform bei Wörtern, die verschiedene Bedeutungen haben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Homonymie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Wörter Schloss (= herrschaftliches Gebäude) und Schloss (= Schließvorrichtung, z. B. an einer Tür) weisen Homonymie in beiden Formen auf: zwischen ihnen besteht sowohl Homographie als auch Homophonie.
„Dazu gehören auch die Abgrenzung von Polysemie und Homonymie und die Darstellung der Bedeutungsstruktur eines Wortes.“
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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.