Signifikanz
[zɪɡnifiˈkant͡s]
The verdict
“Signifikanz” is uncommon German (frequency #74,006 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,006
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft, bedeutsam, wichtig, ausschlaggebend zu sein; Bedeutsamkeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-signifikanz · Signifikanz · German
Signifikanz · rank #74,006 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,006
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sicherheitszo…
Nearest frequency peer: Sicherheitszone (-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 „Signifikanz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sicherheits…
Sicherheitsdienste
25,997 corpus weight
- Sicherheits…
Sicherheitszone
25,996 corpus weight
- Signifikanz
Signifikanz
25,995 corpus weight
- sinnliches
sinnliches
25,993 corpus weight
- skating
skating
25,992 corpus weight
- skies
skies
25,991 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Signifikanz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Signifikanz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zɪɡnifiˈkant͡s] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #74,006 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Signifikanz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Signifikanz is uncommon German at frequency #74,006 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zɪɡnifiˈkant͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft, bedeutsam, wichtig, ausschlaggebend zu sein; Bedeutsamkeit".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Signifikanz, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Signifikanz, spelled S-I-G-N-I-F-I-K-A-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft, bedeutsam, wichtig, ausschlaggebend zu sein; Bedeutsamkeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Signifikanz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Signifikanz klimatischer Einflüsse wurde vor allem als Quelle bei Nahrungspreisschwankungen bestätigt[.]“
„Um die Signifikanz dieser beiden Termini für linguistische Fragestellungen zu verdeutlichen, müssen wir uns kurz die Grundlagen der Modallogik ins Gedächtnis rufen.“
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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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