Rationalismus
[ʁat͡si̯onaˈlɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Rationalismus” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #48,407 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #48,407
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Geisteshaltung, die einseitig der Vernunft (und nicht der Sinneserkenntnis) zuspricht, Erkenntnisse zu gewinnen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rationalismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁat͡si̯onaˈlɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #48,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rationalismus” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Rationalismus is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁat͡si̯onaˈlɪsmʊs]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,407 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Geisteshaltung, die einseitig der Vernunft (und nicht der Sinneserkenntnis) zuspricht, Erkenntnisse zu gewinnen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rationalismus, with forms such as "artionalismus", "raitonalismus", and "ratinoalismus". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Rationalismus, spelled R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1eine Geisteshaltung, die einseitig der Vernunft (und nicht der Sinneserkenntnis) zuspricht, Erkenntnisse zu gewinnen
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: artionalismus,raitonalismus,ratinoalismus,ratioanlismus,rationailsmus,rationalimsus,rationalismmus,rationalismsu,rationalismuss,rationalissmus,rationalisums,rationallismus,rationalsimus,rationlaismus,rationnalismus,ratoinalismus,rattionalismus,rrationalismus,rtaionalismus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rationalismus - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Rationalismus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-M-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁat͡si̯onaˈlɪsmʊs] (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.