Resümee

/[ʁezyˈmeː]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,237

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Resümee is aGermannoun. It means: meist am Ende eines Textes stehende, inhaltliche Zusammenfassung mit eigener Wertung und/oder Schlussfolgerungen Pronounced [ʁezyˈmeː]. Often confused with Refugee.

Key facts for Resümee
PropertyValue
HeadwordResümee
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁezyˈmeː]
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,237
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Resümee is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁezyˈmeː]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,237 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "meist am Ende eines Textes stehende, inhaltliche Zusammenfassung mit eigener Wertung und/oder Schlussfolgerungen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Resümee, with forms such as "ersümee", "resmüee", and "ressümee". 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 also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Refugee", 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 Resümee, spelled R-E-S-Ü-M-E-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    meist am Ende eines Textes stehende, inhaltliche Zusammenfassung mit eigener Wertung und/oder Schlussfolgerungen

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ersümee,resmüee,ressümee,resüeme,resüme,resümmee,reüsmee,rresümee,rseümee

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Resümee

Misspelling Variants of "Resümee"

ersümee7resmüee7ressümee8resüeme7resüme6resümmee8reüsmee7rresümee8
Misspelling Variants of "Resümee"

Frequency rank: #32,237 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Resümee"?
"Resümee" is spelled R-E-S-Ü-M-E-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁezyˈmeː].
What does "Resümee" mean?
As a noun, "Resümee" means: meist am Ende eines Textes stehende, inhaltliche Zusammenfassung mit eigener Wertung und/oder Schlussfolgerungen
What words are commonly confused with "Resümee"?
"Resümee" is commonly confused with "Refugee". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Resümee"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Resümee" is [ʁezyˈmeː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Resümee" come from?
"Resümee" 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.