repräsentativ
[ʁepʁɛzɛntaˈtiːf]
The verdict
“repräsentativ” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #20,036 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #20,036
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemand, etwas, eine Gruppe oder eine Kategorie vertretend; symbolisch sein für etwas
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | repräsentativ |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʁepʁɛzɛntaˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #20,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “repräsentativ” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for repräsentativ is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁepʁɛzɛntaˈtiːf]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,036 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for repräsentativ, with forms such as "erpräsentativ", "reppräsentativ", and "reprräsentativ". 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. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "repräsentative", "repräsentativen", "repräsentativer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 repräsentativ, spelled R-E-P-R-Ä-S-E-N-T-A-T-I-V, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1jemand, etwas, eine Gruppe oder eine Kategorie vertretend; symbolisch sein für etwas
- 2ansehnlich wirkend
- 3Eigenschaft einer sprachlichen Äußerung, mit der der Sprecher dem Hörer mitteilen will, dass etwas sich auf eine bestimmte Weise verhält, zugetragen hat (repräsentativer Akt/repräsentativer Sprechakt)
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erpräsentativ,reppräsentativ,reprräsentativ,reprsäentativ,repräesntativ,repräsenattiv,repräsenntativ,repräsentaitv,repräsentativv,repräsentattiv,repräsentatvi,repräsenttaiv,repräsenttativ,repräsetnativ,repräsnetativ,reprässentativ,repärsentativ,rerpäsentativ,rperäsentativ,rrepräsentativ
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of repräsentativ - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “repräsentativ”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-P-R-Ä-S-E-N-T-A-T-I-V - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁepʁɛzɛntaˈtiːf] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “repräsentative” - see the side-by-side comparison. repräsentativ vs repräsentative
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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