Privatleben
[pʁiˈvaːtˌleːbn̩]
The verdict
“Privatleben” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #10,543 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,543
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - derjenige Teil der Lebensgestaltung, der sich im privaten/persönlichen Bereich abspielt, also außerhalb von Beruf oder Öffentlichkeit
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Privatleben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁiˈvaːtˌleːbn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #10,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Privatleben” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Privatleben is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁiˈvaːtˌleːbn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,543 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "derjenige Teil der Lebensgestaltung, der sich im privaten/persönlichen Bereich abspielt, also außerhalb von Beruf oder Öffentlichkeit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Privatleben, with forms such as "pirvatleben", "pprivatleben", and "priavtleben". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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. The correct German form is Privatleben, spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-L-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1derjenige Teil der Lebensgestaltung, der sich im privaten/persönlichen Bereich abspielt, also außerhalb von Beruf oder Öffentlichkeit
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pirvatleben,pprivatleben,priavtleben,privalteben,privatelben,privatlbeen,privatlebben,privatlebenn,privatlebne,privatleebn,privatlleben,privattleben,privtaleben,privvatleben,prrivatleben,prviatleben,rpivatleben
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Privatleben - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Privatleben”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-R-I-V-A-T-L-E-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pʁiˈvaːtˌleːbn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.