Prophetie

[pʁofeˈtiː]

/[pʁofeˈtiː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Prophetie” is uncommon German (frequency #88,158 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,158
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Voraussage eines zukünftigen Geschehens durch eine prophetisch begabte Person

Corpus desk

Index DE-prophetie · Prophetie · German

Prophetie · rank #88,158 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,158
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Prokrastinati…

Nearest frequency peer: Prokrastination (-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 „Prophetie“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Prophetie
PropertyValue
HeadwordProphetie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pʁofeˈtiː]
Letters9
Frequency rank#88,158
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Prophetie“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Prophetiefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Prokrastination“ (#88,157), „projektiert“ (#88,156), „Prosperität“ (#88,160). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Prophetie“ bei #88,158. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Prophetie is uncommon German at frequency #88,158 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁofeˈtiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Voraussage eines zukünftigen Geschehens durch eine prophetisch begabte Person".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Prophetie, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Prophetie, spelled P-R-O-P-H-E-T-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Voraussage eines zukünftigen Geschehens durch eine prophetisch begabte Person

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 "Prophetie"?
"Prophetie" is spelled P-R-O-P-H-E-T-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁofeˈtiː].
What does "Prophetie" mean?
As a noun, "Prophetie" means: Voraussage eines zukünftigen Geschehens durch eine prophetisch begabte Person
How do you pronounce "Prophetie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Prophetie" is [pʁofeˈtiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Prophetie" come from?
"Prophetie" 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 "Prophetie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Plauderei#88,131reizender#88,200requisite#88,204passgenau#88,108

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list