pathologisch

[patoˈloːɡɪʃ]

/[patoˈloːɡɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“pathologisch” is uncommon German (frequency #67,581 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,581
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - krankhaft; vom gesunden Zustand abweichend

Corpus desk

Index DE-pathologisch · pathologisch · German

pathologisch · rank #67,581 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,581
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH peilt

Nearest frequency peer: peilt (+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 „pathologisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pathologisch
PropertyValue
Headwordpathologisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[patoˈloːɡɪʃ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#67,581
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „pathologisch“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).pathologischfällt 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: „peilt“ (#67,582), „pensionierte“ (#67,583), „Personalchef“ (#67,584). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „pathologisch“ bei #67,581. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pathologisch is uncommon German at frequency #67,581 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [patoˈloːɡɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "krankhaft; vom gesunden Zustand abweichend".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pathologisch, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is pathologisch, spelled P-A-T-H-O-L-O-G-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    krankhaft; vom gesunden Zustand abweichend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die roten Masernflecken auf der Haut sind pathologisch, weil sie durch die Krankheit Masern hervorgerufen werden.
  2. „Der bekennende Rassist gehörte zu den schlimmsten, pathologischsten Antisemiten der Epoche.“

Synonyms

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pathologisch"?
"pathologisch" is spelled P-A-T-H-O-L-O-G-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [patoˈloːɡɪʃ].
What does "pathologisch" mean?
As an adjective, "pathologisch" means: krankhaft; vom gesunden Zustand abweichend
How do you pronounce "pathologisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pathologisch" is [patoˈloːɡɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pathologisch" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list