militärisch
[miliˈtɛːʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“militärisch” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #11,290 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #11,290
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Militär betreffend
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | militärisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [miliˈtɛːʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #11,290 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “militärisch” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for militärisch is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [miliˈtɛːʁɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,290 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for militärisch, with forms such as "imlitärisch", "miiltärisch", and "militräisch". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "militärische", "militärischen", "militärischer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is militärisch, spelled M-I-L-I-T-Ä-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1das Militär betreffend
- 2soldatisch
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imlitärisch,miiltärisch,militräisch,milittärisch,militäirsch,militäricsh,militäriscch,militärischh,militärishc,militärissch,militärrisch,militärsich,miliätrisch,millitärisch,miltiärisch,mliitärisch,mmilitärisch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of militärisch - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “militärisch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-I-L-I-T-Ä-R-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [miliˈtɛːʁɪʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “militärische” - see the side-by-side comparison. militärisch vs militärische
- 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.