Theologie

/[teoloˈɡiː]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,225

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Theologie is aGermannoun. It means: Religionslehre; Erforschung und Lehre einer Religion; die Lehre von Gott Pronounced [teoloˈɡiː]. It ranks #5,225 in German word frequency. Often confused with Theologe and Theologen.

Key facts for Theologie
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HeadwordTheologie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[teoloˈɡiː]
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,225
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Theologie is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [teoloˈɡiː]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,225 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Religionslehre; Erforschung und Lehre einer Religion; die Lehre von Gott".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Theologie, with forms such as "hteologie", "tehologie", and "theloogie". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Theologe", "Theologen", 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 Theologie, spelled T-H-E-O-L-O-G-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Religionslehre; Erforschung und Lehre einer Religion; die Lehre von Gott

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hteologie,tehologie,theloogie,theolgoie,theollogie,theologei,theologgie,theoloige,theoolgie,thheologie,thoelogie,ttheologie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Theologie

Misspelling Variants of "Theologie"

hteologie9tehologie9theloogie9theolgoie9theollogie10theologei9theologgie10theoloige9
Misspelling Variants of "Theologie"

Frequency rank: #5,225 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Theologie"?
"Theologie" is spelled T-H-E-O-L-O-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [teoloˈɡiː].
What does "Theologie" mean?
As a noun, "Theologie" means: Religionslehre; Erforschung und Lehre einer Religion; die Lehre von Gott
What words are commonly confused with "Theologie"?
"Theologie" is commonly confused with "Theologe", "Theologen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Theologie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Theologie" is [teoloˈɡiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Theologie" come from?
"Theologie" 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.