Italienisch

/[ˌitaˈli̯eːnɪʃ]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,676

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Italienisch is aGermannoun. It means: in Italien und der Südschweiz gesprochene romanische Sprache Pronounced [ˌitaˈli̯eːnɪʃ]. It ranks #6,676 in German word frequency. Often confused with Italienische and Italienischen.

Key facts for Italienisch
PropertyValue
HeadwordItalienisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌitaˈli̯eːnɪʃ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,676
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Italienisch in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Italienisch is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌitaˈli̯eːnɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,676 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for Italienisch, with forms such as "iatlienisch", "itailenisch", and "italeinisch". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Italienische", "Italienischen", "italienischer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Italienisch, spelled I-T-A-L-I-E-N-I-S-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    in Italien und der Südschweiz gesprochene romanische Sprache
  2. 2
    Unterrichtsfach, in dem die italienische Sprache gelehrt wird
  3. 3
    eine Eröffnung im Schach

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iatlienisch,itailenisch,italeinisch,italieinsch,italienicsh,italieniscch,italienischh,italienishc,italienissch,italiennisch,italiensich,italineisch,itallienisch,itlaienisch,ittalienisch,tialienisch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Italienisch

Misspelling Variants of "Italienisch"

iatlienisch11itailenisch11italeinisch11italieinsch11italienicsh11italieniscch12italienischh12italienishc11
Misspelling Variants of "Italienisch"

Frequency rank: #6,676 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Italienisch"?
"Italienisch" is spelled I-T-A-L-I-E-N-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌitaˈli̯eːnɪʃ].
What does "Italienisch" mean?
As a noun, "Italienisch" means: in Italien und der Südschweiz gesprochene romanische Sprache
What words are commonly confused with "Italienisch"?
"Italienisch" is commonly confused with "Italienische", "Italienischen", "italienischer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Italienisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Italienisch" is [ˌitaˈli̯eːnɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Italienisch" come from?
"Italienisch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.