Desinformation
[ˈdɛsˌʔɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Desinformation” is uncommon German (frequency #51,232 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,232
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bewusst falsche, in die Irre führende Information
Corpus desk
Index DE-desinformation · Desinformation · German
Desinformation · rank #51,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,232
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dermatologie
Nearest frequency peer: Dermatologie (-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 „Desinformation“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- demontieren
demontieren
48,772 corpus weight
- Dermatologie
Dermatologie
48,770 corpus weight
- Desinformat…
Desinformation
48,769 corpus weight
- desjenigen
desjenigen
48,768 corpus weight
- Deutschtürk…
Deutschtürken
48,767 corpus weight
- dezente
dezente
48,766 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Desinformation“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Desinformation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɛsˌʔɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #51,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Desinformation“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Desinformation is uncommon German at frequency #51,232 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɛsˌʔɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bewusst falsche, in die Irre führende Information".
Desinformation has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Desinformation, spelled D-E-S-I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1bewusst falsche, in die Irre führende Information
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Desinformation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aus dem Generalstab, wo man inzwischen realisiert hatte, dass der eigene Kriegsplan auch in Frankreich gescheitert war, drangen vor allem Desinformationen.“
„So gibt es Belege dafür, wonach sowohl der Außenminister Österreich-Ungarns als auch die Umgebung Wilhelms in Berlin ihrem Entscheidungsträger Informationen vorenthalten haben oder ihnen sogar Desinformationen lieferten, um Entscheidungen zu provozieren, die in ihrem Sinne waren.“
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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