privilège
[pʁi.vi.lɛʒ]
The verdict
“privilège” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Privileg, Privilegium, Vergünstigung, Vorzug, Vorzugsrecht
Corpus desk
Index DE-privilege · privilège · German
privilège · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | privilège |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁi.vi.lɛʒ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „privilège“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
privilège is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁi.vi.lɛʒ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Privileg, Privilegium, Vergünstigung, Vorzug, Vorzugsrecht".
privilège doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is privilège, spelled P-R-I-V-I-L-È-G-E.
Definition
- 1Privileg, Privilegium, Vergünstigung, Vorzug, Vorzugsrecht
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.