Realpolitik
[ʁeˈaːlpoliˌtiːk]
The verdict
“Realpolitik” is uncommon German (frequency #60,935 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,935
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eng an den als real anerkannten Bedingungen und Möglichkeiten orientierte Politik
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Realpolitik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁeˈaːlpoliˌtiːk] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #60,935 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Realpolitik” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Realpolitik is uncommon German at frequency #60,935 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁeˈaːlpoliˌtiːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eng an den als real anerkannten Bedingungen und Möglichkeiten orientierte Politik".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Realpolitik, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Realpolitik, spelled R-E-A-L-P-O-L-I-T-I-K.
Definition
- 1eng an den als real anerkannten Bedingungen und Möglichkeiten orientierte Politik
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 “Realpolitik”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-A-L-P-O-L-I-T-I-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁeˈaːlpoliˌtiːk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.