racism

[ˈɹeɪsɪzm̩]

/[ˈɹeɪsɪzm̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“racism” is uncommon German (frequency #89,452 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,452
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rassismus

Corpus desk

Index DE-racism · racism · German

racism · rank #89,452 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,452
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH quit

Nearest frequency peer: quit (-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 „racism“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for racism
PropertyValue
Headwordracism
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɹeɪsɪzm̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#89,452
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „racism“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).racismfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „quit“ (#89,451), „Radiologen“ (#89,453), „quirlige“ (#89,450). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „racism“ bei #89,452. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

racism is uncommon German at frequency #89,452 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɹeɪsɪzm̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rassismus".

No generated misspelling entries exist for racism in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is racism, spelled R-A-C-I-S-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rassismus

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 "racism"?
"racism" is spelled R-A-C-I-S-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɹeɪsɪzm̩].
What does "racism" mean?
As a noun, "racism" means: Rassismus
How do you pronounce "racism"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "racism" is [ˈɹeɪsɪzm̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "racism" come from?
"racism" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "racism", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rasens#89,460realem#89,467Prolet#89,434retard#89,495

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list