Renaissance

/[ʁənɛˈsɑ̃ːs]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,266

in German word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Renaissance is aGermannoun. It means: kulturelle Bewegung zwischen dem Mittelalter und der Neuzeit, die von Italien ausging und durch die Wiederaufnahme antiker griechisch-römischer Formen und Werte gekennzeichnet war; der Stil dieser ... Pronounced [ʁənɛˈsɑ̃ːs]. It ranks #8,266 in German word frequency.

Key facts for Renaissance
PropertyValue
HeadwordRenaissance
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁənɛˈsɑ̃ːs]
Letters11
Frequency rank#8,266
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Renaissance in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Renaissance is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁənɛˈsɑ̃ːs]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,266 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for Renaissance, with forms such as "ernaissance", "reanissance", and "renaisance". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Renaissance, spelled R-E-N-A-I-S-S-A-N-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    kulturelle Bewegung zwischen dem Mittelalter und der Neuzeit, die von Italien ausging und durch die Wiederaufnahme antiker griechisch-römischer Formen und Werte gekennzeichnet war; der Stil dieser Kulturepoche
  2. 2
    Epoche der Renaissance^([1]) zwischen dem 14. und 16. Jahrhundert
  3. 3
    das Wiederaufleben einer Mode, einer kulturellen Strömung oder einer Technologie

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ernaissance,reanissance,renaisance,renaisasnce,renaissacne,renaissancce,renaissanec,renaissannce,renaissnace,renaißance,renasisance,reniassance,rennaissance,rneaissance,rrenaissance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Renaissance

Misspelling Variants of "Renaissance"

ernaissance11reanissance11renaisance10renaisasnce11renaissacne11renaissancce12renaissanec11renaissannce12
Misspelling Variants of "Renaissance"

Frequency rank: #8,266 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Renaissance"?
"Renaissance" is spelled R-E-N-A-I-S-S-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁənɛˈsɑ̃ːs].
What does "Renaissance" mean?
As a noun, "Renaissance" means: kulturelle Bewegung zwischen dem Mittelalter und der Neuzeit, die von Italien ausging und durch die Wiederaufnahme antiker griechisch-römischer Formen und Werte gekennzeichnet war; der Stil dieser ...
What are common misspellings of "Renaissance"?
Common misspellings include "ernaissance", "reanissance", "renaisance", "renaisasnce", "renaissacne". The correct spelling is "Renaissance".
How do you pronounce "Renaissance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Renaissance" is [ʁənɛˈsɑ̃ːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Renaissance" come from?
"Renaissance" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.