totalitär
[totaliˈtɛːɐ̯]
The verdict
“totalitär” is an uncommon German word, ranked #65,764 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #65,764
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in alle Bereiche des Lebens hineinwirkend, meist auch autoritär, undemokratisch, gewaltsam reglementierend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | totalitär |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [totaliˈtɛːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “totalitär” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for totalitär is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [totaliˈtɛːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,764 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "in alle Bereiche des Lebens hineinwirkend, meist auch autoritär, undemokratisch, gewaltsam reglementierend".
totalitär doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is totalitär, spelled T-O-T-A-L-I-T-Ä-R.
Definition
- 1in alle Bereiche des Lebens hineinwirkend, meist auch autoritär, undemokratisch, gewaltsam reglementierend
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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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- The one correct German spelling is T-O-T-A-L-I-T-Ä-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.