illusionär
[ɪluzi̯oˈnɛːɐ̯]
The verdict
“illusionär” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf Illusionen beruhend
Corpus desk
Index DE-illusionar · illusionär · German
illusionär · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | illusionär |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɪluzi̯oˈnɛːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „illusionär“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
illusionär is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɪluzi̯oˈnɛːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for illusionär, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is illusionär, spelled I-L-L-U-S-I-O-N-Ä-R.
Definition
- 1auf Illusionen beruhend
- 2durch künstlerische Darstellung Illusionen, insbesondere hinsichtlich Körperlichkeit oder Raumtiefe, hervorrufend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how illusionär appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Gemeinplätze täuschen darüber hinweg, dass wesentliche Segmente unserer Gesellschaft mit dem Phänomen Jugend verlogen, illusionär, hysterisch, im schlimmsten Fall spekulativ umgehen.
Andererseits haben sich alle Hoffnungen auf einen Kurswechsel als illusionär erwiesen, die sich mit Raúl Castro anfangs verbanden.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.