Pragmatismus

/[pʁaɡmaˈtɪsmʊs]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,312

in German word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Pragmatismus is aGermannoun. It 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 Pronounced [pʁaɡmaˈtɪsmʊs].

Key facts for Pragmatismus
PropertyValue
HeadwordPragmatismus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pʁaɡmaˈtɪsmʊs]
Letters12
Frequency rank#34,312
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Pragmatismus in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Pragmatismus is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁaɡmaˈtɪsmʊs]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,312 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 19 documented wrong-spelling variants for Pragmatismus, with forms such as "pargmatismus", "ppragmatismus", and "pragamtismus". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Pragmatismus, spelled P-R-A-G-M-A-T-I-S-M-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 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. 2
    Einstellung, bei der das Handeln nicht an festen Prinzipien ausgerichtet ist, sondern sich an den Gegebenheiten orientiert

This word in other languages

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Pragmatismus

Misspelling Variants of "Pragmatismus"

pargmatismus12ppragmatismus13pragamtismus12praggmatismus13pragmaitsmus12pragmatimsus12pragmatismmus13pragmatismsu12
Misspelling Variants of "Pragmatismus"

Frequency rank: #34,312 in German

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.