Denkfehler
[ˈdɛŋkˌfeːlɐ]
The verdict
“Denkfehler” is uncommon German (frequency #53,608 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,608
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zuerst (erdachte) Annahme oder Lösung eines Sachverhalts, die sich im Nachhinein als Fehler herausstellt; falsche Annahme
Corpus desk
Index DE-denkfehler · Denkfehler · German
Denkfehler · rank #53,608 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,608
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Demagogen
Nearest frequency peer: Demagogen (-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 „Denkfehler“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- degeneriert
degeneriert
46,396 corpus weight
- Demagogen
Demagogen
46,394 corpus weight
- Denkfehler
Denkfehler
46,393 corpus weight
- Designern
Designern
46,392 corpus weight
- Dickdarm
Dickdarm
46,391 corpus weight
- Dienstherrn
Dienstherrn
46,390 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Denkfehler“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Denkfehler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɛŋkˌfeːlɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Denkfehler“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Denkfehler is uncommon German at frequency #53,608 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɛŋkˌfeːlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zuerst (erdachte) Annahme oder Lösung eines Sachverhalts, die sich im Nachhinein als Fehler herausstellt; falsche Annahme".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Denkfehler, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Denkfehler, spelled D-E-N-K-F-E-H-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1zuerst (erdachte) Annahme oder Lösung eines Sachverhalts, die sich im Nachhinein als Fehler herausstellt; falsche Annahme
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Denkfehler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei manchen unnötigen Änderungen traten zuvor Denkfehler auf.
Mein Denkfehler war es, dir zu trauen.
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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