Imperialismus
[ˌɪmpeʁiaˈlɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Imperialismus” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,023. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,023
- frequency rank, German
- 17,725
- “I” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bestrebungen eines Staates, die Herrschaft oder zumindest Kontrolle über (möglichst alle) angrenzenden Länder oder Völker zu erringen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Imperialismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌɪmpeʁiaˈlɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #22,023 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Imperialismus” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around Imperialismus (IPA [ˌɪmpeʁiaˈlɪsmʊs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,023 among 17,725 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Bestrebungen eines Staates, die Herrschaft oder zumindest Kontrolle über (möglichst alle) angrenzenden Länder oder Völker zu erringen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Imperialismus, with forms such as "imeprialismus", "immperialismus", and "impeiralismus". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Imperialismus, spelled I-M-P-E-R-I-A-L-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Bestrebungen eines Staates, die Herrschaft oder zumindest Kontrolle über (möglichst alle) angrenzenden Länder oder Völker zu erringen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imeprialismus,immperialismus,impeiralismus,imperailismus,imperiailsmus,imperialimsus,imperialismmus,imperialismsu,imperialismuss,imperialissmus,imperialisums,imperiallismus,imperialsimus,imperilaismus,imperrialismus,impperialismus,impreialismus,ipmerialismus,miperialismus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Imperialismus - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Imperialismus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-M-P-E-R-I-A-L-I-S-M-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌɪmpeʁiaˈlɪsmʊs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.