Temperament

/[tɛmpəʁaˈmɛnt]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,751

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Temperament is aGermannoun. It means: Inneres Erleben eines Menschen in Reaktion auf seine Umwelt und daraus abgeleitet sein Verhalten. Hippokrates beschrieb die Ausprägungen der Temperamente mit cholerisch, sanguinisch, melancholisch ... Pronounced [tɛmpəʁaˈmɛnt].

Key facts for Temperament
PropertyValue
HeadwordTemperament
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tɛmpəʁaˈmɛnt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#20,751
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Temperament is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [tɛmpəʁaˈmɛnt]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,751 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for Temperament, with forms such as "etmperament", "temeprament", and "temmperament". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Temperament, spelled T-E-M-P-E-R-A-M-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inneres Erleben eines Menschen in Reaktion auf seine Umwelt und daraus abgeleitet sein Verhalten. Hippokrates beschrieb die Ausprägungen der Temperamente mit cholerisch, sanguinisch, melancholisch und phlegmatisch. Heute gibt es andere Beschreibungen/Einteilungen dieser Ausprägungen.
  2. 2
    Ausprägung von [1]: sehr starkes aktives inneres Erleben, lebhaftes Gemüt, leichte Erregbarkeit

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etmperament,temeprament,temmperament,tempearment,temperaemnt,temperamennt,temperamentt,temperametn,temperamment,temperamnet,tempermaent,temperrament,tempperament,tempreament,tepmerament,tmeperament,ttemperament

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Temperament

Misspelling Variants of "Temperament"

etmperament11temeprament11temmperament12tempearment11temperaemnt11temperamennt12temperamentt12temperametn11
Misspelling Variants of "Temperament"

Frequency rank: #20,751 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Temperament"?
"Temperament" is spelled T-E-M-P-E-R-A-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [tɛmpəʁaˈmɛnt].
What does "Temperament" mean?
As a noun, "Temperament" means: Inneres Erleben eines Menschen in Reaktion auf seine Umwelt und daraus abgeleitet sein Verhalten. Hippokrates beschrieb die Ausprägungen der Temperamente mit cholerisch, sanguinisch, melancholisch ...
What are common misspellings of "Temperament"?
Common misspellings include "etmperament", "temeprament", "temmperament", "tempearment", "temperaemnt". The correct spelling is "Temperament".
How do you pronounce "Temperament"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Temperament" is [tɛmpəʁaˈmɛnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Temperament" come from?
"Temperament" 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.