Vergesslichkeit
[ˌfɛɐ̯ˈɡɛslɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Vergesslichkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #63,898 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,898
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft, Dinge leicht zu vergessen, sich schlecht an sie erinnern zu können
Corpus desk
Index DE-vergesslichkeit · Vergesslichkeit · German
Vergesslichkeit · rank #63,898 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,898
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vergangenem
Nearest frequency peer: vergangenem (-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 „Vergesslichkeit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- veredeln
veredeln
36,106 corpus weight
- verfilmen
verfilmen
36,105 corpus weight
- vergangenem
vergangenem
36,104 corpus weight
- Vergesslich…
Vergesslichkeit
36,103 corpus weight
- verherrlich…
verherrlichen
36,102 corpus weight
- Verkehrsbeh…
Verkehrsbehinderungen
36,100 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vergesslichkeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vergesslichkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈɡɛslɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #63,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vergesslichkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vergesslichkeit is uncommon German at frequency #63,898 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈɡɛslɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft, Dinge leicht zu vergessen, sich schlecht an sie erinnern zu können".
Vergesslichkeit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Vergesslichkeit, spelled V-E-R-G-E-S-S-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft, Dinge leicht zu vergessen, sich schlecht an sie erinnern zu können
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vergesslichkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch Deine Vergesslichkeit sind uns schon viele Kunden abgesprungen.
Vergesslichkeit ist nicht immer gleich eine Alzheimer-Demenz.
This word in other languages
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).