Okkultismus

[ˌɔkʊlˈtɪsmʊs]

/[ˌɔkʊlˈtɪsmʊs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Okkultismus” is uncommon German (frequency #72,784 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,784
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - westliche Variante der Esoterik: Glaube an Dinge und Ereignisse, die als übernatürlich aufgefasst werden

Corpus desk

Index DE-okkultismus · Okkultismus · German

Okkultismus · rank #72,784 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,784
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH oba

Nearest frequency peer: oba (-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 „Okkultismus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Okkultismus
PropertyValue
HeadwordOkkultismus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌɔkʊlˈtɪsmʊs]
Letters11
Frequency rank#72,784
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Okkultismus“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Okkultismusfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „oba“ (#72,783), „oliv“ (#72,785), „Nymphomanin“ (#72,782). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „Okkultismus“ bei #72,784. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Okkultismus is uncommon German at frequency #72,784 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌɔkʊlˈtɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "westliche Variante der Esoterik: Glaube an Dinge und Ereignisse, die als übernatürlich aufgefasst werden".

No misspelling variants are generated for Okkultismus in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented 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 Okkultismus, spelled O-K-K-U-L-T-I-S-M-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    westliche Variante der Esoterik: Glaube an Dinge und Ereignisse, die als übernatürlich aufgefasst werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Der Okkultismus findet immer wieder neue Anhänger.

This word in other languages

occultism(English)occultisme(Français)ocultismo(Português)

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 "Okkultismus"?
"Okkultismus" is spelled O-K-K-U-L-T-I-S-M-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɔkʊlˈtɪsmʊs].
What does "Okkultismus" mean?
As a noun, "Okkultismus" means: westliche Variante der Esoterik: Glaube an Dinge und Ereignisse, die als übernatürlich aufgefasst werden
How do you pronounce "Okkultismus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Okkultismus" is [ˌɔkʊlˈtɪsmʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Okkultismus" come from?
"Okkultismus" 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 "Okkultismus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Nymphomanin#72,782niederknien#72,776nachwachsen#72,761praktischem#72,825

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list