Impedanz

[ɪmpeˈdant͡s]

/[ɪmpeˈdant͡s]/ noun

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The verdict

“Impedanz” is uncommon German (frequency #87,872 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,872
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (komplexer) Wechselstromwiderstand, setzt sich zusammen aus Resistanz (Realteil) und Reaktanz (Imaginärteil)

Corpus desk

Index DE-impedanz · Impedanz · German

Impedanz · rank #87,872 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,872
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH impala

Nearest frequency peer: impala (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Impedanz“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Impedanz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Impedanz
PropertyValue
HeadwordImpedanz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɪmpeˈdant͡s]
Letters8
Frequency rank#87,872
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Impedanz“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Impedanzfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „impala“ (#87,871), „Imperien“ (#87,873), „immerdar“ (#87,870). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „Impedanz“ bei #87,872. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Impedanz is uncommon German at frequency #87,872 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪmpeˈdant͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(komplexer) Wechselstromwiderstand, setzt sich zusammen aus Resistanz (Realteil) und Reaktanz (Imaginärteil)".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Impedanz, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Impedanz, spelled I-M-P-E-D-A-N-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    (komplexer) Wechselstromwiderstand, setzt sich zusammen aus Resistanz (Realteil) und Reaktanz (Imaginärteil)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Impedanz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Impedanz ist der (komplexe) Quotient aus der Wechselspannung U und der Wechselstromstärke I.

Synonyms

ScheinwiderstandWechselstromwiderstand

Antonyms

Admittanz

This word in other languages

impedance(English)impedancia(Español)impédance(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Impedanz"?
"Impedanz" is spelled I-M-P-E-D-A-N-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪmpeˈdant͡s].
What does "Impedanz" mean?
As a noun, "Impedanz" means: (komplexer) Wechselstromwiderstand, setzt sich zusammen aus Resistanz (Realteil) und Reaktanz (Imaginärteil)
How do you pronounce "Impedanz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Impedanz" is [ɪmpeˈdant͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Impedanz" come from?
"Impedanz" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Impedanz", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Imperien#87,873immerdar#87,870hörenden#87,863Ishikawa#87,885

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list