realistisch
\ʁeaˈlɪstɪʃ\
The verdict
“realistisch” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De nature réaliste : basé sur, conforme à la réalité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-realistisch · realistisch · French
realistisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | realistisch |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁeaˈlɪstɪʃ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
realistisch is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁeaˈlɪstɪʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for realistisch in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is realistisch, spelled R-E-A-L-I-S-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1De nature réaliste : basé sur, conforme à la réalité.
- 2Relatif au réalisme (mouvement artistique).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how realistisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es braucht eine realistischere Einschätzung der Lage.
Hitler weigerte sich auch, realistische Schätzungen der sowjetischen Panzerproduktion zur Kenntnis zu nehmen, die tatsächlich mehr als das Vierfache der deutschen erreicht hatte.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.