Intelligenzia
[ɪntɛliˈɡɛnt͡si̯a]
The verdict
“Intelligenzia” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schicht der Intellektuellen; intellektuelle Elite
Corpus desk
Index DE-intelligenzia · Intelligenzia · German
Intelligenzia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Intelligenzia |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɪntɛliˈɡɛnt͡si̯a] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Intelligenzia“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Intelligenzia is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪntɛliˈɡɛnt͡si̯a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schicht der Intellektuellen; intellektuelle Elite".
Intelligenzia has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Intelligenzia, spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-Z-I-A.
Definition
- 1Schicht der Intellektuellen; intellektuelle Elite
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.