Pragmatik
[pʁaˈɡmaːtɪk]
The verdict
“Pragmatik” is an uncommon German word, ranked #96,093 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #96,093
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Orientierung an Nützlichkeit, Sachbezogenheit
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pragmatik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁaˈɡmaːtɪk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,093 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pragmatik” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Pragmatik is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁaˈɡmaːtɪk]. Corpus data places it at rank #96,093 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for Pragmatik in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Pragmatik, spelled P-R-A-G-M-A-T-I-K.
Definition
- 1Orientierung an Nützlichkeit, Sachbezogenheit
- 2Disziplin, deren Gegenstand die Sprachverwendung ist. Sie betrachtet Sprechen/Schreiben als Handlung
- 3Disziplin, die sich mit der Beziehung zwischen Zeichen und Zeichenverwender befasst
Synonyms
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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 “Pragmatik”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-R-A-G-M-A-T-I-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pʁaˈɡmaːtɪk] (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.