konfessionell
[kɔnfɛsi̯oˈnɛl]
The verdict
“konfessionell” is an uncommon German word, ranked #64,436 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #64,436
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zu den Praktiken und zur Lehre eines bestimmten religiösen Glaubens (beispielsweise des Christentums, des Islam, des Judentums) gehörig; 'konfessionell' bezieht sich regelmäßig auch auf Unterschied...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | konfessionell |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kɔnfɛsi̯oˈnɛl] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #64,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “konfessionell” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for konfessionell is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɔnfɛsi̯oˈnɛl]. Corpus data places it at rank #64,436 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "zu den Praktiken und zur Lehre eines bestimmten religiösen Glaubens (beispielsweise des Christentums, des Islam, des Judentums) gehörig; 'konfessionell' bezieht sich regelmäßig auch auf Unterschied...".
Zero misspellings are on record for konfessionell in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is konfessionell, spelled K-O-N-F-E-S-S-I-O-N-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1zu den Praktiken und zur Lehre eines bestimmten religiösen Glaubens (beispielsweise des Christentums, des Islam, des Judentums) gehörig; 'konfessionell' bezieht sich regelmäßig auch auf Unterschiede innerhalb einer Glaubensgemeinschaft (beispielsweise im Christentum auf römisch-katholische, lutherisch-evangelische oder russisch-orthodoxe Lehren und Praktiken oder im Islam auf die Unterschiede der sunnitischen und schiitischen Religionsausübung)
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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 “konfessionell”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-O-N-F-E-S-S-I-O-N-E-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kɔnfɛsi̯oˈnɛl] (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.