Privatfernsehen
[pʁiˈvaːtˌfɛʁnzeːən]
The verdict
“Privatfernsehen” is uncommon German (frequency #71,730 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,730
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fernsehen, das in privater (statt in öffentlich-rechtlicher) Trägerschaft betrieben wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Privatfernsehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁiˈvaːtˌfɛʁnzeːən] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #71,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Privatfernsehen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Privatfernsehen is uncommon German at frequency #71,730 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁiˈvaːtˌfɛʁnzeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fernsehen, das in privater (statt in öffentlich-rechtlicher) Trägerschaft betrieben wird".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Privatfernsehen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Privatfernsehen, spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-F-E-R-N-S-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Fernsehen, das in privater (statt in öffentlich-rechtlicher) Trägerschaft betrieben wird
Antonyms
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-R-I-V-A-T-F-E-R-N-S-E-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.