Praktik

[ˈpʁaktɪk]

/[ˈpʁaktɪk]/ noun

The verdict

“Praktik” is uncommon German (frequency #67,599 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,599
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Anwendung von bestimmten Handlungen, Taten von Menschen

Corpus desk

Index DE-praktik · Praktik · German

Praktik · rank #67,599 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,599
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Portmonee

Nearest frequency peer: Portmonee (-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 „Praktik“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Praktik“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Praktik
PropertyValue
HeadwordPraktik
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpʁaktɪk]
Letters7
Frequency rank#67,599
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Praktik“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Praktikfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Portmonee“ (#67,598), „polaren“ (#67,597), „Presbyterium“ (#67,601). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Praktik“ bei #67,599. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Praktik is uncommon German at frequency #67,599 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpʁaktɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Anwendung von bestimmten Handlungen, Taten von Menschen".

Praktik doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Praktik, spelled P-R-A-K-T-I-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Anwendung von bestimmten Handlungen, Taten von Menschen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Praktiken der Banken müssen sich ändern, wie die Finanzkrise zeigt.
  2. „Wir sind auch Zeugen zunehmender Versuche extremistisch religiöser Kräfte, ihre monopolistischen Praktiken auf verschiedene Lebensbereiche auszudehnen und andere religiöse Denominationen anzugreifen.“

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Praktik"?
"Praktik" is spelled P-R-A-K-T-I-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpʁaktɪk].
What does "Praktik" mean?
As a noun, "Praktik" means: die Anwendung von bestimmten Handlungen, Taten von Menschen
How do you pronounce "Praktik"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Praktik" is [ˈpʁaktɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Praktik" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list