naturwissenschaftlich
[naˈtuːɐ̯ˌvɪsn̩ʃaftlɪç]
The verdict
“naturwissenschaftlich” sits in 2 confusable pairs (corpus #38,920) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #38,920
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Naturwissenschaft betreffend, in der Art der Naturwissenschaft arbeitend
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 | naturwissenschaftlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [naˈtuːɐ̯ˌvɪsn̩ʃaftlɪç] |
| Letters | 21 |
| Frequency rank | #38,920 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “naturwissenschaftlich” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for naturwissenschaftlich is neighbouring look-alikes ("naturwissenschaftliche", "naturwissenschaftlichen"), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [naˈtuːɐ̯ˌvɪsn̩ʃaftlɪç]. Frequency #38,920 among 26,919 “N” headwords. Gloss: "die Naturwissenschaft betreffend, in der Art der Naturwissenschaft arbeitend".
Zero misspellings are on record for naturwissenschaftlich in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "naturwissenschaftliche", "naturwissenschaftlichen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 naturwissenschaftlich, spelled N-A-T-U-R-W-I-S-S-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1die Naturwissenschaft betreffend, in der Art der Naturwissenschaft arbeitend
This word in other languages
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 “naturwissenschaftlich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-A-T-U-R-W-I-S-S-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [naˈtuːɐ̯ˌvɪsn̩ʃaftlɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “naturwissenschaftliche” - see the side-by-side comparison. naturwissenschaftlich vs naturwissenschaftliche
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.