Protektionismus
[pʁotɛkt͡si̯oˈnɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Protektionismus” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #49,979 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #49,979
- frequency rank, German
- 15
- letters
- 23
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abschirmung der Wirtschaft eines Staates vor der Konkurrenz aus dem Ausland
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Protektionismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁotɛkt͡si̯oˈnɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #49,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 23 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Protektionismus” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Protektionismus is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁotɛkt͡si̯oˈnɪsmʊs]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,979 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Abschirmung der Wirtschaft eines Staates vor der Konkurrenz aus dem Ausland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for Protektionismus, with forms such as "portektionismus", "pprotektionismus", and "proetktionismus". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Protektionismus, spelled P-R-O-T-E-K-T-I-O-N-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Abschirmung der Wirtschaft eines Staates vor der Konkurrenz aus dem Ausland
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: portektionismus,pprotektionismus,proetktionismus,protekitonismus,protekktionismus,protektinoismus,protektioinsmus,protektionimsus,protektionismmus,protektionismsu,protektionismuss,protektionissmus,protektionisums,protektionnismus,protektionsimus,protektoinismus,protekttionismus,protetkionismus,protketionismus,prottektionismus,prrotektionismus,prtoektionismus,rpotektionismus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Protektionismus - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Protektionismus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-R-O-T-E-K-T-I-O-N-I-S-M-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pʁotɛkt͡si̯oˈnɪsmʊs] (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.