konfessionslos

[kɔnfɛˈsi̯oːnsˌloːs]

/[kɔnfɛˈsi̯oːnsˌloːs]/ adj

The verdict

“konfessionslos” is uncommon German (frequency #93,165 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,165
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - keiner anerkannten religiösen Gemeinschaft angehörig

Corpus desk

Index DE-konfessionslos · konfessionslos · German

konfessionslos · rank #93,165 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,165
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kone

Nearest frequency peer: kone (-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 „konfessionslos“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for konfessionslos
PropertyValue
Headwordkonfessionslos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[kɔnfɛˈsi̯oːnsˌloːs]
Letters14
Frequency rank#93,165
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „konfessionslos“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kone“ (#93,164), „Kongruenz“ (#93,166), „Kondensat“ (#93,163). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „konfessionslos“ bei #93,165. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

konfessionslos is uncommon German at frequency #93,165 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɔnfɛˈsi̯oːnsˌloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "keiner anerkannten religiösen Gemeinschaft angehörig".

konfessionslos doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is konfessionslos, spelled K-O-N-F-E-S-S-I-O-N-S-L-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    keiner anerkannten religiösen Gemeinschaft angehörig

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „ Nach dem Tod von Bürgermeister Prix wurde Richter 1895 von der liberalen Gemeinderat-Fraktion als dessen Nachfolger nominiert, doch wandten sich die Antisemiten und Karl Lueger in einer scharfen Kampagne gegen seine Kandidatur; als auch der niederösterreichische Statthalter Erich Graf Kielmansegg Bedenken äußerte, weil Richter konfessionslos war, trat d…

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 "konfessionslos"?
"konfessionslos" is spelled K-O-N-F-E-S-S-I-O-N-S-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔnfɛˈsi̯oːnsˌloːs].
What does "konfessionslos" mean?
As an adjective, "konfessionslos" means: keiner anerkannten religiösen Gemeinschaft angehörig
How do you pronounce "konfessionslos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "konfessionslos" is [kɔnfɛˈsi̯oːnsˌloːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "konfessionslos" come from?
"konfessionslos" 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 "konfessionslos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list