rassistisch
[ʁaˈsɪstɪʃ]
The verdict
“rassistisch” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #10,921 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #10,921
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - den Rassismus betreffend, auf der Grundlage von Rassismus
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rassistisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʁaˈsɪstɪʃ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #10,921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rassistisch” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for rassistisch is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁaˈsɪstɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,921 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "den Rassismus betreffend, auf der Grundlage von Rassismus".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for rassistisch, with forms such as "arssistisch", "rasisstisch", and "rasistisch". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "rassistische", "rassistischen", "rassistischer", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is rassistisch, spelled R-A-S-S-I-S-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1den Rassismus betreffend, auf der Grundlage von Rassismus
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: arssistisch,rasisstisch,rasistisch,rassisitsch,rassisstisch,rassisticsh,rassistiscch,rassistischh,rassistishc,rassistissch,rassistsich,rassisttisch,rassitsisch,rasssitisch,raßistisch,rrassistisch,rsasistisch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rassistisch - 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 “rassistisch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-A-S-S-I-S-T-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁaˈsɪstɪʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rassistische” - see the side-by-side comparison. rassistisch vs rassistische
- 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.