Philologie
[ˌfiloloˈɡiː]
The verdict
“Philologie” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #18,655 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,655
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Oberbegriff für alle Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Philologie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌfiloloˈɡiː] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #18,655 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Philologie” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Philologie is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌfiloloˈɡiː]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,655 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Oberbegriff für alle Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Philologie, with forms such as "hpilologie", "phhilologie", and "phillologie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Philologie, spelled P-H-I-L-O-L-O-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Oberbegriff für alle Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hpilologie,phhilologie,phillologie,philloogie,philolgoie,philollogie,philologei,philologgie,philoloige,philoolgie,phiollogie,phliologie,pihlologie,pphilologie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Philologie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Philologie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-H-I-L-O-L-O-G-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌfiloloˈɡiː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.