Philologe

[filoˈloːɡə]

/[filoˈloːɡə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Philologe” is uncommon German (frequency #73,885 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,885
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die in der Philologie ausgebildet und bewandert ist, sich also mit Texten bestimmter Sprachen beschäftigt

Corpus desk

Index DE-philologe · Philologe · German

Philologe · rank #73,885 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,885
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pheromone

Nearest frequency peer: Pheromone (-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 „Philologe“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Philologe
PropertyValue
HeadwordPhilologe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[filoˈloːɡə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,885
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Philologe“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Philologefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pheromone“ (#73,884), „philologischen“ (#73,886), „Pflichtlektüre“ (#73,883). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Philologe“ bei #73,885. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Philologe is uncommon German at frequency #73,885 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [filoˈloːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die in der Philologie ausgebildet und bewandert ist, sich also mit Texten bestimmter Sprachen beschäftigt".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Philologe, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Philologe, spelled P-H-I-L-O-L-O-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die in der Philologie ausgebildet und bewandert ist, sich also mit Texten bestimmter Sprachen beschäftigt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Philologen befassen sich mit den Texten einer oder mehrerer Sprachen, entweder als Sprachwissenschaftler (Linguist) oder als Literaturwissenschaftler.
  2. Ein Philologe versucht, als Lehrer bestehender Spracharmut entgegenzuwirken.

Antonyms

ArchäologeBiologeHistorikerMathematikerMedizinerPaläologePsychologeSoziologeWirtschaftswissenschaftler

This word in other languages

philologist(English)filólogo(Español)philologue(Français)

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 "Philologe"?
"Philologe" is spelled P-H-I-L-O-L-O-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [filoˈloːɡə].
What does "Philologe" mean?
As a noun, "Philologe" means: Person, die in der Philologie ausgebildet und bewandert ist, sich also mit Texten bestimmter Sprachen beschäftigt
How do you pronounce "Philologe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Philologe" is [filoˈloːɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Philologe" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pheromone#73,884plauderte#73,892primavera#73,903principle#73,904

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list