Linguistik
[lɪŋˈɡu̯ɪstɪk]
The verdict
“Linguistik” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #22,054 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,054
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - wissenschaftliche Forschung/Disziplin, deren Ziel und Aufgabe in der Beschreibung und Erklärung der menschlichen Sprache, ihrer inneren Zusammenhänge, ihrer Funktion und Rolle in der Gesellschaft l...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Linguistik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lɪŋˈɡu̯ɪstɪk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #22,054 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Linguistik” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Linguistik is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lɪŋˈɡu̯ɪstɪk]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,054 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "wissenschaftliche Forschung/Disziplin, deren Ziel und Aufgabe in der Beschreibung und Erklärung der menschlichen Sprache, ihrer inneren Zusammenhänge, ihrer Funktion und Rolle in der Gesellschaft l...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Linguistik, with forms such as "ilnguistik", "lignuistik", and "lingguistik". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Linguistik, spelled L-I-N-G-U-I-S-T-I-K.
Definition
- 1wissenschaftliche Forschung/Disziplin, deren Ziel und Aufgabe in der Beschreibung und Erklärung der menschlichen Sprache, ihrer inneren Zusammenhänge, ihrer Funktion und Rolle in der Gesellschaft liegen
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ilnguistik,lignuistik,lingguistik,lingiustik,linguisitk,linguisstik,linguistikk,linguistki,linguisttik,linguitsik,lingusitik,linnguistik,linugistik,llinguistik,lniguistik
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Linguistik - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Linguistik”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-I-N-G-U-I-S-T-I-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [lɪŋˈɡu̯ɪstɪk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.