impediment
[ɪmˈpedɪmənt]
The verdict
“impediment” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Behinderung, Verhinderung
Corpus desk
Index DE-impediment · impediment · German
impediment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | impediment |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɪmˈpedɪmənt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „impediment“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
impediment is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪmˈpedɪmənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for impediment in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 impediment, spelled I-M-P-E-D-I-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Behinderung, Verhinderung
- 2Hindernis, Behinderung
- 3Ehehindernis, Hinderungsgrund
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.