Perfektionist
[pɛʁfɛkt͡si̯oˈnɪst]
The verdict
“Perfektionist” is uncommon German (frequency #76,050 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,050
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die ein Werk (beispielsweise ein handwerkliche Arbeit, einen Aufsatz) absolut fehlerfrei erstellen möchte; Person, die die Erfüllung höchster Standards fordert
Corpus desk
Index DE-perfektionist · Perfektionist · German
Perfektionist · rank #76,050 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,050
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH patentierten
Nearest frequency peer: patentierten (-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 „Perfektionist“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Parteichefs
Parteichefs
23,955 corpus weight
- Passagierfl…
Passagierflugzeug
23,953 corpus weight
- patentierten
patentierten
23,952 corpus weight
- Perfektioni…
Perfektionist
23,951 corpus weight
- personale
personale
23,950 corpus weight
- petzen
petzen
23,948 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Perfektionist“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Perfektionist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɛʁfɛkt͡si̯oˈnɪst] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #76,050 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Perfektionist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Perfektionist is uncommon German at frequency #76,050 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛʁfɛkt͡si̯oˈnɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Perfektionist in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Perfektionist, spelled P-E-R-F-E-K-T-I-O-N-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Person, die ein Werk (beispielsweise ein handwerkliche Arbeit, einen Aufsatz) absolut fehlerfrei erstellen möchte; Person, die die Erfüllung höchster Standards fordert
- 2Anhänger / Vertreter des Perfektionismus
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Perfektionist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„[DW:] »Dustin Hoffman ist ja bekannt als furchtbarer Perfektionist. Wie war es, wenn zwei Perfektionisten zusammen arbeiten?« [Volker Schlöndorf:] »Alle großen Schauspieler sind Perfektionisten.«“
[Ennio Morricone] gilt als Perfektionist, der besessen an jeder Note feilt.
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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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).