pragmatisch

[pʁaˈɡmaːtɪʃ]

/[pʁaˈɡmaːtɪʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“pragmatisch” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,878. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,878
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - praxisbezogen, auf Nützliches ausgerichtet, sachlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-pragmatisch · pragmatisch · German

pragmatisch · rank #24,878 · 18 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,878
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pose

Nearest frequency peer: Pose (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „pragmatisch“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „pragmatisch“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pragmatisch vs pragmatische
92% similar
pragmatisch vs pragmatischen
85% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pragmatisch
PropertyValue
Headwordpragmatisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pʁaˈɡmaːtɪʃ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#24,878
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „pragmatisch“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.pragmatischliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Pose“ (#24,877), „Pralinen“ (#24,879), „Populisten“ (#24,876). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „pragmatisch“ bei #24,878. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around pragmatisch (IPA [pʁaˈɡmaːtɪʃ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,878 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for pragmatisch, with forms such as "pargmatisch", "ppragmatisch", and "pragamtisch". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "pragmatische", "pragmatischen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is pragmatisch, spelled P-R-A-G-M-A-T-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    praxisbezogen, auf Nützliches ausgerichtet, sachlich
  2. 2
    auf die Disziplin der Pragmatik bezogen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pragmatisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Lasst uns das Problem ganz pragmatisch angehen.
  2. In der Linguistik wird gelegentlich von der pragmatischen Wende gesprochen.

Synonyms

praktischnützlichhandelndnüchternhandlungsorientiertpraxisgerecht

Antonyms

dogmatisch

This word in other languages

pragmatic(English)pragmático(Español)pragmatique(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pargmatisch
  • ppragmatisch
  • pragamtisch
  • praggmatisch
  • pragmaitsch
  • pragmaticsh
  • pragmatiscch
  • pragmatischh
  • pragmatishc
  • pragmatissch
  • pragmatsich
  • pragmattisch
  • pragmmatisch
  • pragmtaisch
  • pramgatisch
  • prgamatisch
  • prragmatisch
  • rpagmatisch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pragmatisch - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

pargmatisch2ppragmatisch1pragamtisch2praggmatisch1pragmaitsch2pragmaticsh2pragmatiscch1pragmatischh1
Edit distance from "pragmatisch"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pragmatisch"?
"pragmatisch" is spelled P-R-A-G-M-A-T-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁaˈɡmaːtɪʃ].
What does "pragmatisch" mean?
As an adjective, "pragmatisch" means: praxisbezogen, auf Nützliches ausgerichtet, sachlich
What words are commonly confused with "pragmatisch"?
"pragmatisch" is commonly confused with "pragmatische", "pragmatischen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pragmatisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pragmatisch" is [pʁaˈɡmaːtɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pragmatisch" come from?
"pragmatisch" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pragmatisch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pokalsieger#24,873Prozessoren#24,883publizieren#24,884resultieren#24,903

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

Prinzessinnen18 variantsNachbildung18 variantsSchornstein18 variantsSchuljahres18 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list