Humanität
[humaniˈtɛːt]
The verdict
“Humanität” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,105. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,105
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Streben nach Menschlichkeit, die auf die Würde und das Wohl der Menschheit gerichtet ist, sowie nach edler Gesinnung im Verhalten zur Kreatur
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Humanität |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [humaniˈtɛːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,105 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Humanität” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Humanität (IPA [humaniˈtɛːt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,105 among 59,066 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Streben nach Menschlichkeit, die auf die Würde und das Wohl der Menschheit gerichtet ist, sowie nach edler Gesinnung im Verhalten zur Kreatur".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Humanität, with forms such as "hhumanität", "hmuanität", and "huamnität". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "humanitäre", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Humanität, spelled H-U-M-A-N-I-T-Ä-T.
Definition
- 1Streben nach Menschlichkeit, die auf die Würde und das Wohl der Menschheit gerichtet ist, sowie nach edler Gesinnung im Verhalten zur Kreatur
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhumanität
- hmuanität
- huamnität
- humaintät
- humanittä
- humanittät
- humanitätt
- humaniätt
- humannität
- humantiät
- hummanität
- humnaität
- uhmanität
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Humanität - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “Humanität”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-U-M-A-N-I-T-Ä-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [humaniˈtɛːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “humanitäre” - see the side-by-side comparison. Humanität vs humanitäre
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.