Polygamie
[ˌpoliɡaˈmiː]
The verdict
“Polygamie” is an uncommon German word, ranked #58,177 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #58,177
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eheliche Verbindung eines Menschen mit mehr als einer anderen Ehepartei gleichzeitig
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Polygamie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌpoliɡaˈmiː] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Polygamie” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Polygamie is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌpoliɡaˈmiː]. Corpus data places it at rank #58,177 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eheliche Verbindung eines Menschen mit mehr als einer anderen Ehepartei gleichzeitig".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Polygamie, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Polygamie, spelled P-O-L-Y-G-A-M-I-E.
Definition
- 1eheliche Verbindung eines Menschen mit mehr als einer anderen Ehepartei gleichzeitig
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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 “Polygamie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-O-L-Y-G-A-M-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌpoliɡaˈmiː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.