Resilienz
[ʁeziˈli̯ɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Resilienz” is uncommon German (frequency #55,656 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,656
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fähigkeit elastischen Materials, nach starker Verformung in den Ausgangszustand zurückzukehren
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Resilienz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁeziˈli̯ɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,656 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Resilienz” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Resilienz is uncommon German at frequency #55,656 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁeziˈli̯ɛnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Resilienz in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Resilienz, spelled R-E-S-I-L-I-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Fähigkeit elastischen Materials, nach starker Verformung in den Ausgangszustand zurückzukehren
- 2Fähigkeit von Lebewesen, ökonomischen oder sonstigen Systemen, sich gegen erheblichen Druck von außen selbst zu behaupten, äußeren Störungen standzuhalten
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 “Resilienz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-S-I-L-I-E-N-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.