Privatsphäre
[pʁiˈvaːtˌsfɛːʁə]
The verdict
“Privatsphäre” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,651 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,651
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - grundgesetzlich geschütztes, persönliches Lebensumfeld
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Privatsphäre |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁiˈvaːtˌsfɛːʁə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #7,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Privatsphäre” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Privatsphäre is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁiˈvaːtˌsfɛːʁə]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,651 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "grundgesetzlich geschütztes, persönliches Lebensumfeld".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Privatsphäre, with forms such as "pirvatsphäre", "pprivatsphäre", and "priavtsphäre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Privatsphäre, spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-S-P-H-Ä-R-E.
Definition
- 1grundgesetzlich geschütztes, persönliches Lebensumfeld
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pirvatsphäre,pprivatsphäre,priavtsphäre,privastphäre,privatpshäre,privatshpäre,privatsphhäre,privatsphräe,privatsphäer,privatsphärre,privatspphäre,privatspähre,privatssphäre,privattsphäre,privtasphäre,privvatsphäre,prrivatsphäre,prviatsphäre,rpivatsphäre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Privatsphäre - 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 “Privatsphäre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-R-I-V-A-T-S-P-H-Ä-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pʁiˈvaːtˌsfɛːʁə] (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.