Komplizenschaft

[kɔmˈpliːt͡sn̩ʃaft]

/[kɔmˈpliːt͡sn̩ʃaft]/ noun

The verdict

“Komplizenschaft” is uncommon German (frequency #94,508 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,508
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mitwirkung bei einer abgelehnten/für unrecht gehaltenen Handlung

Corpus desk

Index DE-komplizenschaft · Komplizenschaft · German

Komplizenschaft · rank #94,508 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,508
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH konformen

Nearest frequency peer: konformen (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Komplizenschaft“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Komplizenschaft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Komplizenschaft
PropertyValue
HeadwordKomplizenschaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɔmˈpliːt͡sn̩ʃaft]
Letters15
Frequency rank#94,508
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Komplizenschaft“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Komplizenschaftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „konformen“ (#94,509), „Konklusion“ (#94,510), „kommandierenden“ (#94,505). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Komplizenschaft“ bei #94,508. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Komplizenschaft is uncommon German at frequency #94,508 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔmˈpliːt͡sn̩ʃaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mitwirkung bei einer abgelehnten/für unrecht gehaltenen Handlung".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Komplizenschaft, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Komplizenschaft, spelled K-O-M-P-L-I-Z-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mitwirkung bei einer abgelehnten/für unrecht gehaltenen Handlung

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Komplizenschaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die katholische Mehrheit des Rheinlands neigte dazu, die protestantische Minderheit der Komplizenschaft mit den fremden preußischen Herren zu bezichtigen.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Komplizenschaft"?
"Komplizenschaft" is spelled K-O-M-P-L-I-Z-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔmˈpliːt͡sn̩ʃaft].
What does "Komplizenschaft" mean?
As a noun, "Komplizenschaft" means: Mitwirkung bei einer abgelehnten/für unrecht gehaltenen Handlung
How do you pronounce "Komplizenschaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Komplizenschaft" is [kɔmˈpliːt͡sn̩ʃaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Komplizenschaft" come from?
"Komplizenschaft" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Komplizenschaft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list