populace
[ˈpɔpʊˌlat͡sɛ]
The verdict
“populace” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einzelwesen derselben Art, die zusammen in einem bestimmten Gebiet leben; Population, Bevölkerung, Einwohnerzahl
Corpus desk
Index DE-populace · populace · German
populace · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | populace |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔpʊˌlat͡sɛ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „populace“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
populace is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɔpʊˌlat͡sɛ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Einzelwesen derselben Art, die zusammen in einem bestimmten Gebiet leben; Population, Bevölkerung, Einwohnerzahl".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for populace, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is populace, spelled P-O-P-U-L-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Einzelwesen derselben Art, die zusammen in einem bestimmten Gebiet leben; Population, Bevölkerung, Einwohnerzahl
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how populace appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Na základě nepříznivého demografického vývoje populace stoupá potřeba finančního zajištění obyvatelstva na stáří.
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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.