Identität

/[iˌdɛntiˈtɛːt]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,129

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Identität is aGermannoun. It means: eindeutige Unterscheidbarkeit einer Person oder einer Sache von einer anderen Pronounced [iˌdɛntiˈtɛːt]. It ranks #3,129 in German word frequency. Often confused with identity and Identitäten.

Key facts for Identität
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HeadwordIdentität
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[iˌdɛntiˈtɛːt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,129
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Identität is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [iˌdɛntiˈtɛːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,129 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Identität, with forms such as "dientität", "iddentität", and "idenittät". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "identity", "Identitäten", 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 Identität, spelled I-D-E-N-T-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
    eindeutige Unterscheidbarkeit einer Person oder einer Sache von einer anderen
  2. 2
    allgemeine Gleichheit zwischen zwei Termen, die auch freie Variablen enthalten dürfen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dientität,iddentität,idenittät,idenntität,identittä,identittät,identitätt,identiätt,identtität,identtiät,idetnität,idnetität,iedntität

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Identität

Misspelling Variants of "Identität"

dientität9iddentität10idenittät9idenntität10identittä9identittät10identitätt10identiätt9
Misspelling Variants of "Identität"

Frequency rank: #3,129 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Identität"?
"Identität" is spelled I-D-E-N-T-I-T-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [iˌdɛntiˈtɛːt].
What does "Identität" mean?
As a noun, "Identität" means: eindeutige Unterscheidbarkeit einer Person oder einer Sache von einer anderen
What words are commonly confused with "Identität"?
"Identität" is commonly confused with "identity", "Identitäten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Identität"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Identität" is [iˌdɛntiˈtɛːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Identität" come from?
"Identität" 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.