Humanität

/[humaniˈtɛːt]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,105

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Humanität is aGermannoun. It means: Streben nach Menschlichkeit, die auf die Würde und das Wohl der Menschheit gerichtet ist, sowie nach edler Gesinnung im Verhalten zur Kreatur Pronounced [humaniˈtɛːt]. Often confused with humanitäre.

Key facts for Humanität
PropertyValue
HeadwordHumanität
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[humaniˈtɛːt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#31,105
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Humanität in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Humanität is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [humaniˈtɛːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,105 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Streben nach Menschlichkeit, die auf die Würde und das Wohl der Menschheit gerichtet ist, sowie nach edler Gesinnung im Verhalten zur Kreatur".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Humanität, with forms such as "hhumanität", "hmuanität", and "huamnität". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "humanitäre", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Humanität, spelled H-U-M-A-N-I-T-Ä-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Streben nach Menschlichkeit, die auf die Würde und das Wohl der Menschheit gerichtet ist, sowie nach edler Gesinnung im Verhalten zur Kreatur

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhumanität,hmuanität,huamnität,humaintät,humanittä,humanittät,humanitätt,humaniätt,humannität,humantiät,hummanität,humnaität,uhmanität

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Humanität

Misspelling Variants of "Humanität"

hhumanität10hmuanität9huamnität9humaintät9humanittä9humanittät10humanitätt10humaniätt9
Misspelling Variants of "Humanität"

Frequency rank: #31,105 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Humanität"?
"Humanität" is spelled H-U-M-A-N-I-T-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [humaniˈtɛːt].
What does "Humanität" mean?
As a noun, "Humanität" means: Streben nach Menschlichkeit, die auf die Würde und das Wohl der Menschheit gerichtet ist, sowie nach edler Gesinnung im Verhalten zur Kreatur
What words are commonly confused with "Humanität"?
"Humanität" is commonly confused with "humanitäre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Humanität"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Humanität" is [humaniˈtɛːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Humanität" come from?
"Humanität" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.