illiberal
[ˈɪlibeʁaːl]
The verdict
“illiberal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - keine tolerante und vorurteilsfreie Weltanschauung besitzend/vertretend
Corpus desk
Index DE-illiberal · illiberal · German
illiberal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | illiberal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɪlibeʁaːl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „illiberal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
illiberal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɪlibeʁaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "keine tolerante und vorurteilsfreie Weltanschauung besitzend/vertretend".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for illiberal, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 illiberal, spelled I-L-L-I-B-E-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1keine tolerante und vorurteilsfreie Weltanschauung besitzend/vertretend
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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.