Prekariat
[pʁekaˈʁi̯aːt]
The verdict
“Prekariat” is uncommon German (frequency #93,425 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,425
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gesellschaftsschicht der Menschen mit prekären Lebensbedingungen, die also in ungesicherten Arbeitsverhältnissen leben und wenig Hoffnung in die Zukunft haben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Prekariat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁekaˈʁi̯aːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,425 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Prekariat” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Prekariat is uncommon German at frequency #93,425 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁekaˈʁi̯aːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesellschaftsschicht der Menschen mit prekären Lebensbedingungen, die also in ungesicherten Arbeitsverhältnissen leben und wenig Hoffnung in die Zukunft haben".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Prekariat, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Prekariat, spelled P-R-E-K-A-R-I-A-T.
Definition
- 1Gesellschaftsschicht der Menschen mit prekären Lebensbedingungen, die also in ungesicherten Arbeitsverhältnissen leben und wenig Hoffnung in die Zukunft haben
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.
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Using “Prekariat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-R-E-K-A-R-I-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.