militant

[miliˈtant]

/[miliˈtant]/ adj

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The verdict

“militant” is uncommon German (frequency #78,294 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,294
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Ideologie, einen Gedanken aggressiv vertretend

Corpus desk

Index DE-militant · militant · German

militant · rank #78,294 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,294
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH mickrig

Nearest frequency peer: mickrig (-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 „militant“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for militant
PropertyValue
Headwordmilitant
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[miliˈtant]
Letters8
Frequency rank#78,294
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „militant“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „mickrig“ (#78,293), „Militärbasen“ (#78,295), „milliardenschweren“ (#78,296). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „militant“ bei #78,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

militant is uncommon German at frequency #78,294 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [miliˈtant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Ideologie, einen Gedanken aggressiv vertretend".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for militant, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is militant, spelled M-I-L-I-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Ideologie, einen Gedanken aggressiv vertretend

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Er schlug dem Fremden die Zigarette aus dem Mund und bewies erneut, dass er ein militanter Nichtraucher war.

Synonyms

kämpferischstreithaftstreitlustig

Antonyms

moderat

This word in other languages

militant(English)militante(Español)

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 "militant"?
"militant" is spelled M-I-L-I-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [miliˈtant].
What does "militant" mean?
As an adjective, "militant" means: eine Ideologie, einen Gedanken aggressiv vertretend
How do you pronounce "militant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "militant" is [miliˈtant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

membrane#78,286Marsches#78,276Marianna#78,274lästiges#78,266

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list