Wahrscheinlichkeit

Name: Wahrscheinlichkeit, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[vaːɐ̯ˈʃaɪ̯nlɪçkaɪ̯t]

/[vaːɐ̯ˈʃaɪ̯nlɪçkaɪ̯t]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Wahrscheinlichkeit” has 30 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,933. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,933
frequency rank, German: 2,930
“W” headwords: 30
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grad von Möglichkeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-wahrscheinlichkeit · Wahrscheinlichkeit · German

Wahrscheinlichkeit · rank #3,933 · 30 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #3,933
LEN-MEGA 18 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 30 variants
BOOK-MID 2,930
PHOTO-FINISH Weltmeister

Nearest frequency peer: Weltmeister (+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.

vollen

96,071
Vordergrund

96,070
Wahrscheinl…

96,068
Weltmeister

96,067
zone

96,066
zweites

96,065

What this shows „Wahrscheinlichkeit“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Wahrscheinlichkeit vs Wahrscheinlichkeiten

90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Wahrscheinlichkeit
Property	Value
Headword	Wahrscheinlichkeit
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[vaːɐ̯ˈʃaɪ̯nlɪçkaɪ̯t]
Letters	18
Frequency rank	#3,933
Misspellings tracked	30
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Wahrscheinlichkeit“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Wahrscheinlichkeitliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#3,933

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Weltmeister“ (#3,934), „Vordergrund“ (#3,931), „zone“ (#3,935). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Wahrscheinlichkeit“ bei #3,933. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 30 spelling variants around Wahrscheinlichkeit (IPA [vaːɐ̯ˈʃaɪ̯nlɪçkaɪ̯t]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,933 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Grad von Möglichkeit".

Our generated misspelling index lists 30 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wahrscheinlichkeit, with forms such as "awhrscheinlichkeit", "wahhrscheinlichkeit", and "wahrcsheinlichkeit". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Wahrscheinlichkeiten", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Wahrscheinlichkeit, spelled W-A-H-R-S-C-H-E-I-N-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T.

Definition

1
Grad von Möglichkeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Wahrscheinlichkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Die Wahrscheinlichkeit, eine Sechs zu würfeln, beträgt im Idealfall 1/6, d. h. etwa 16,67 %.
„Doch die Regeln der Wahrscheinlichkeit, fuhr Gauß fort, während er die Hände auf seinen schmerzenden Rücken preßte, gälten nicht zwingend.“

Synonyms

Eventualität Anschein

Antonyms

Unwahrscheinlichkeit

This word in other languages

probability(English)probabilidad(Español)probabilité(Français)probabilidade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

awhrscheinlichkeit
wahhrscheinlichkeit
wahrcsheinlichkeit
wahrrscheinlichkeit
wahrsccheinlichkeit
wahrscehinlichkeit
wahrscheilnichkeit
wahrscheinilchkeit
wahrscheinlcihkeit
wahrscheinlicchkeit
wahrscheinlichekit
wahrscheinlichhkeit
wahrscheinlichkeitt
wahrscheinlichketi
wahrscheinlichkiet
wahrscheinlichkkeit
wahrscheinlickheit
wahrscheinlihckeit
wahrscheinllichkeit
wahrscheinnlichkeit
wahrschenilichkeit
wahrschheinlichkeit
wahrschienlichkeit
wahrschienlichkiet
wahrshceinlichkeit
wahrsscheinlichkeit
wahsrcheinlichkeit
warhscheinlichkeit
wharscheinlichkeit
wwahrscheinlichkeit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wahrscheinlichkeit - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "Wahrscheinlichkeit"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wahrscheinlichkeit"?

"Wahrscheinlichkeit" is spelled W-A-H-R-S-C-H-E-I-N-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [vaːɐ̯ˈʃaɪ̯nlɪçkaɪ̯t].

What does "Wahrscheinlichkeit" mean?

As a noun, "Wahrscheinlichkeit" means: Grad von Möglichkeit

What words are commonly confused with "Wahrscheinlichkeit"?

"Wahrscheinlichkeit" is commonly confused with "Wahrscheinlichkeiten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Wahrscheinlichkeit"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wahrscheinlichkeit" is [vaːɐ̯ˈʃaɪ̯nlɪçkaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Wahrscheinlichkeit" come from?

"Wahrscheinlichkeit" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Wahrscheinlichkeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 18 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (30 here; floor ≥5).

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