Realitätssinn

[ʁealiˈtɛːt͡sˌzɪn]

/[ʁealiˈtɛːt͡sˌzɪn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Realitätssinn” is uncommon German (frequency #93,457 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,457
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wahrnehmung, Verständnis der Wirklichkeit, von wahren Gegebenheiten

Corpus desk

Index DE-realitatssinn · Realitätssinn · German

Realitätssinn · rank #93,457 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,457
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Reaktionszeit…

Nearest frequency peer: Reaktionszeiten (-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 „Realitätssinn“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Realitätssinn
PropertyValue
HeadwordRealitätssinn
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁealiˈtɛːt͡sˌzɪn]
Letters13
Frequency rank#93,457
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Realitätssinn“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Reaktionszeiten“ (#93,456), „Rebellin“ (#93,458), „Rauchsäule“ (#93,454). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Realitätssinn“ bei #93,457. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Realitätssinn is uncommon German at frequency #93,457 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁealiˈtɛːt͡sˌzɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wahrnehmung, Verständnis der Wirklichkeit, von wahren Gegebenheiten".

Realitätssinn doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Realitätssinn, spelled R-E-A-L-I-T-Ä-T-S-S-I-N-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wahrnehmung, Verständnis der Wirklichkeit, von wahren Gegebenheiten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Realitätssinn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Vision gelingt nur durch die auf Realitätssinn beruhende Synthese von Offenheit und Spontaneität.“
  2. „Durch Vertrauen in meine Wahrnehmung stärke ich meinen Realitätssinn.“

This word in other languages

sens des réalités(Français)

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 "Realitätssinn"?
"Realitätssinn" is spelled R-E-A-L-I-T-Ä-T-S-S-I-N-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁealiˈtɛːt͡sˌzɪn].
What does "Realitätssinn" mean?
As a noun, "Realitätssinn" means: Wahrnehmung, Verständnis der Wirklichkeit, von wahren Gegebenheiten
How do you pronounce "Realitätssinn"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Realitätssinn" is [ʁealiˈtɛːt͡sˌzɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Realitätssinn" come from?
"Realitätssinn" 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 "Realitätssinn", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

quietschenden#93,447Regionalzügen#93,475Postsendungen#93,423porträtierten#93,421

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list