Privatheit

[pʁiˈvaːthaɪ̯t]

/[pʁiˈvaːthaɪ̯t]/ noun

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The verdict

“Privatheit” is uncommon German (frequency #70,686 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,686
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Privatsein, die Privatsphäre

Corpus desk

Index DE-privatheit · Privatheit · German

Privatheit · rank #70,686 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,686
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH prinzipiellen

Nearest frequency peer: prinzipiellen (-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 „Privatheit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Privatheit
PropertyValue
HeadwordPrivatheit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pʁiˈvaːthaɪ̯t]
Letters10
Frequency rank#70,686
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Privatheit“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Privatheitfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „prinzipiellen“ (#70,685), „probierten“ (#70,687), „prickelnde“ (#70,684). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Privatheit“ bei #70,686. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Privatheit is uncommon German at frequency #70,686 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁiˈvaːthaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Privatheit in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Privatheit, spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-H-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Privatsein, die Privatsphäre
  2. 2
    persönliche Informationen, Angelegenheiten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Privatheit wird trotz gemeinschaftlichen Wohnens gesichert.
  2. Es dauert eine Weile, bis die 60 Jahre alte Musikerin solche Privatheiten preisgibt.

Synonyms

UngestörtheitVertraulichkeit

Antonyms

Öffentlichkeit

This word in other languages

privateness(English)privacidad(Español)privacité(Français)

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 "Privatheit"?
"Privatheit" is spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-H-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁiˈvaːthaɪ̯t].
What does "Privatheit" mean?
As a noun, "Privatheit" means: das Privatsein, die Privatsphäre
How do you pronounce "Privatheit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Privatheit" is [pʁiˈvaːthaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Privatheit" come from?
"Privatheit" 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 "Privatheit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

probierten#70,687prickelnde#70,684pseudonyme#70,690Referenden#70,712

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list