Renaissance
[ʁənɛˈsɑ̃ːs]
The verdict
“Renaissance” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,266 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,266
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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 ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Renaissance |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁənɛˈsɑ̃ːs] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #8,266 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Renaissance” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Renaissance is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Renaissance, with forms such as "ernaissance", "reanissance", and "renaisance". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Renaissance, spelled R-E-N-A-I-S-S-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1kulturelle 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
- 2Epoche der Renaissance^([1]) zwischen dem 14. und 16. Jahrhundert
- 3das Wiederaufleben einer Mode, einer kulturellen Strömung oder einer Technologie
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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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Renaissance - 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 “Renaissance”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-N-A-I-S-S-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁənɛˈsɑ̃ːs] (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.