realitätsfern
[ʁealiˈtɛːt͡sˌfɛʁn]
The verdict
“realitätsfern” is uncommon German (frequency #76,088 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,088
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Wirklichkeit, die wahren Gegebenheiten nicht berücksichtigend oder wahrnehmend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | realitätsfern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʁealiˈtɛːt͡sˌfɛʁn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #76,088 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “realitätsfern” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
realitätsfern is uncommon German at frequency #76,088 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁealiˈtɛːt͡sˌfɛʁn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Wirklichkeit, die wahren Gegebenheiten nicht berücksichtigend oder wahrnehmend".
realitätsfern has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is realitätsfern, spelled R-E-A-L-I-T-Ä-T-S-F-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1die Wirklichkeit, die wahren Gegebenheiten nicht berücksichtigend oder wahrnehmend
This word in other languages
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 “realitätsfern”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-A-L-I-T-Ä-T-S-F-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.