Populist
[popuˈlɪst]
The verdict
“Populist” is uncommon German (frequency #55,618 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,618
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die ein Anhänger oder Vertreter des Populismus ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-populist · Populist · German
Populist · rank #55,618 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,618
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pontifex
Nearest frequency peer: Pontifex (-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 „Populist“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Polska
Polska
44,386 corpus weight
- Polypen
Polypen
44,385 corpus weight
- Pontifex
Pontifex
44,384 corpus weight
- Populist
Populist
44,383 corpus weight
- Pornoseiten
Pornoseiten
44,382 corpus weight
- Pornostars
Pornostars
44,381 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Populist“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Populist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [popuˈlɪst] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,618 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Populist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Populist is uncommon German at frequency #55,618 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [popuˈlɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die ein Anhänger oder Vertreter des Populismus ist".
Populist doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Populist, spelled P-O-P-U-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Person, die ein Anhänger oder Vertreter des Populismus ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Populist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Europa sind eher Populisten am rechten politischen Spektrum erfolgreich, in Lateinamerika stehen sie links von der Mitte.
„Entweder der Begriff Populist wird in einen neuen Kontext gestellt, oder aber er verschwindet gänzlich.“
This word in other languages
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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