-ismus
[ˈɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“-ismus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kennzeichnet abstrakte ideologische, kulturelle, geisteswissenschaftliche oder ähnliche Richtungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ismus · -ismus · German
-ismus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" 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 | -ismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | [ˈɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “-ismus” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
-ismus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed [ˈɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for -ismus, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is -ismus, spelled --I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1kennzeichnet abstrakte ideologische, kulturelle, geisteswissenschaftliche oder ähnliche Richtungen
- 2bezeichnet etwas, das die Eigenschaft des im Basiswort inhaltlich Ausgedrückten hat
- 3bezeichnet einige Krankheiten und körperliche Veränderungen
This word in other languages
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