Pragmatismus

Name: Pragmatismus, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[pʁaɡmaˈtɪsmʊs]

/[pʁaɡmaˈtɪsmʊs]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Pragmatismus” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,312. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,312
frequency rank, German: 3,409
“P” headwords: 19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine philosophische Schule, die Denken und Handeln nur vom Standpunkt des praktischen Nutzens aus betrachtet und für die Wahrheit das ist, was nützlich ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-pragmatismus · Pragmatismus · German

Pragmatismus · rank #34,312 · 19 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #34,312
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 19 variants
BOOK-MID 3,409
PHOTO-FINISH Portals

Nearest frequency peer: Portals (-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.

Pirna

65,693
Pools

65,691
Portals

65,690
Pragmatismus

65,689
preisgegeben

65,687
Presley

65,686

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

Key facts for Pragmatismus
Property	Value
Headword	Pragmatismus
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[pʁaɡmaˈtɪsmʊs]
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#34,312
Misspellings tracked	19
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Pragmatismus“

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

#34,312

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Portals“ (#34,311), „Pools“ (#34,310), „preisgegeben“ (#34,314). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Pragmatismus“ bei #34,312. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around Pragmatismus (IPA [pʁaɡmaˈtɪsmʊs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,312 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pragmatismus, with forms such as "pargmatismus", "ppragmatismus", and "pragamtismus". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Pragmatismus, spelled P-R-A-G-M-A-T-I-S-M-U-S.

Definition

1
eine philosophische Schule, die Denken und Handeln nur vom Standpunkt des praktischen Nutzens aus betrachtet und für die Wahrheit das ist, was nützlich ist
2
Einstellung, bei der das Handeln nicht an festen Prinzipien ausgerichtet ist, sondern sich an den Gegebenheiten orientiert

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

„Die deutsche Außenpolitik war immer durch einen gewissen Pragmatismus gekennzeichnet”, sagt Lukjanow.
Nun hat bekanntlich schon Helmut Schmidt den von Visionen Geplagten einen Gang zum Arzt angeraten, weshalb das Fehlen derselben als Zeichen von Pragmatismus interpretiert wird.

This word in other languages

pragmatism(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

pargmatismus
ppragmatismus
pragamtismus
praggmatismus
pragmaitsmus
pragmatimsus
pragmatismmus
pragmatismsu
pragmatismuss
pragmatissmus
pragmatisums
pragmatsimus
pragmattismus
pragmmatismus
pragmtaismus
pramgatismus
prgamatismus
prragmatismus
rpagmatismus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pragmatismus - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "Pragmatismus"

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 "Pragmatismus"?

"Pragmatismus" is spelled P-R-A-G-M-A-T-I-S-M-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁaɡmaˈtɪsmʊs].

What does "Pragmatismus" mean?

As a noun, "Pragmatismus" means: eine philosophische Schule, die Denken und Handeln nur vom Standpunkt des praktischen Nutzens aus betrachtet und für die Wahrheit das ist, was nützlich ist

What are common misspellings of "Pragmatismus"?

Common misspellings include "pargmatismus", "ppragmatismus", "pragamtismus", "praggmatismus", "pragmaitsmus". The correct spelling is "Pragmatismus".

How do you pronounce "Pragmatismus"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pragmatismus" is [pʁaɡmaˈtɪsmʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Pragmatismus" come from?

"Pragmatismus" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

preisgegeben#34,314 Pflichtspiel#34,306 Rechtsfragen#34,326 regelrechten#34,328

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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