phonematisch
[foneˈmaːtɪʃ]
The verdict
“phonematisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Phonologie (= Phonematik: Lehre von den Phonemen, den kleinsten, bedeutungsunterscheidenden Einheiten der Sprache) betreffend; den Regeln der Phonologie entsprechend
Corpus desk
Index DE-phonematisch · phonematisch · German
phonematisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | phonematisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [foneˈmaːtɪʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „phonematisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
phonematisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [foneˈmaːtɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Phonologie (= Phonematik: Lehre von den Phonemen, den kleinsten, bedeutungsunterscheidenden Einheiten der Sprache) betreffend; den Regeln der Phonologie entsprechend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for phonematisch, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is phonematisch, spelled P-H-O-N-E-M-A-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1die Phonologie (= Phonematik: Lehre von den Phonemen, den kleinsten, bedeutungsunterscheidenden Einheiten der Sprache) betreffend; den Regeln der Phonologie entsprechend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how phonematisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die phonematische Analyse sprachlicher Einheiten ist Voraussetzung für die Entwicklung des Phonemsystems einer Sprache und der entsprechenden Regeln.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.