sadistisch
[zaˈdɪstɪʃ]
The verdict
“sadistisch” is uncommon German (frequency #83,237 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,237
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach Art eines Sadisten verfahrend, den Sadismus betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-sadistisch · sadistisch · German
sadistisch · rank #83,237 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,237
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sadisten
Nearest frequency peer: Sadisten (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „sadistisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- sachkundig
sachkundig
16,767 corpus weight
- Sadist
Sadist
16,766 corpus weight
- Sadisten
Sadisten
16,765 corpus weight
- sadistisch
sadistisch
16,764 corpus weight
- Saisontreff…
Saisontreffer
16,763 corpus weight
- salafistisc…
salafistische
16,762 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sadistisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sadistisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [zaˈdɪstɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #83,237 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sadistisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sadistisch is uncommon German at frequency #83,237 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [zaˈdɪstɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nach Art eines Sadisten verfahrend, den Sadismus betreffend".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sadistisch, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is sadistisch, spelled S-A-D-I-S-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1nach Art eines Sadisten verfahrend, den Sadismus betreffend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sadistisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei ihm war ich ganz oft ziemlich sadistisch.“
„Das Bild der sadistischen Vernichtung der Großfamilie löst vielfältige Konnotationen aus.“
Antonyms
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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