Verständlichkeit
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛntlɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Verständlichkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #51,801 among 49,639 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,801
- frequency rank, German
- 49,639
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Eigenschaft eines sprachlichen Textes, eines musikalischen oder künstlerischen Werkes, durch Rezipienten mehr oder weniger leicht und angemessen aufgefasst werden zu können.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Verständlichkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛntlɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #51,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Verständlichkeit” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Verständlichkeit is uncommon German at frequency #51,801 among 49,639 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛntlɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Verständlichkeit has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Verständlichkeit, spelled V-E-R-S-T-Ä-N-D-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft eines sprachlichen Textes, eines musikalischen oder künstlerischen Werkes, durch Rezipienten mehr oder weniger leicht und angemessen aufgefasst werden zu können.
- 2Eigenschaft von sprachlichen Texten, die auf Leserlichkeit, Lesbarkeit und weiteren Merkmalen wie Gegliedertheit und Stimulanz beruht.
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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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Using “Verständlichkeit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-S-T-Ä-N-D-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛntlɪçkaɪ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.