Temperament
[tɛmpəʁaˈmɛnt]
The verdict
“Temperament” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #20,751 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,751
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inneres Erleben eines Menschen in Reaktion auf seine Umwelt und daraus abgeleitet sein Verhalten. Hippokrates beschrieb die Ausprägungen der Temperamente mit cholerisch, sanguinisch, melancholisch ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Temperament |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tɛmpəʁaˈmɛnt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #20,751 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Temperament” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Temperament is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Temperament, with forms such as "etmperament", "temeprament", and "temmperament". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Temperament, spelled T-E-M-P-E-R-A-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Inneres 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.
- 2Ausprägung 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Temperament - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Temperament”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-E-M-P-E-R-A-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [tɛmpəʁaˈmɛnt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.