illusorisch
[ɪluˈzoːʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“illusorisch” is uncommon German (frequency #51,428 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,428
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht realistisch; nur auf Hoffnungen beruhend
Corpus desk
Index DE-illusorisch · illusorisch · German
illusorisch · rank #51,428 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,428
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Illegalität
Nearest frequency peer: Illegalität (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “illusorisch”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- iba
iba
48,576 corpus weight
- Illegalität
Illegalität
48,574 corpus weight
- illusorisch
illusorisch
48,573 corpus weight
- illustre
illustre
48,572 corpus weight
- inferior
inferior
48,570 corpus weight
- Ingolstädter
Ingolstädter
48,569 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “illusorisch” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | illusorisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɪluˈzoːʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #51,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “illusorisch” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
illusorisch is uncommon German at frequency #51,428 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɪluˈzoːʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for illusorisch in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is illusorisch, spelled I-L-L-U-S-O-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1nicht realistisch; nur auf Hoffnungen beruhend
- 2zwecklos, unmöglich
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how illusorisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Blockade Englands, mit der man die Insel aushungern wollte, ist illusorisch geworden.“
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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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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