Erfinderin

[ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndəʁɪn]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndəʁɪn]/ noun

The verdict

“Erfinderin” is uncommon German (frequency #98,381 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,381
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die etwas erfindet

Corpus desk

Index DE-erfinderin · Erfinderin · German

Erfinderin · rank #98,381 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,381
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Erfahrungspun…

Nearest frequency peer: Erfahrungspunkte (-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 „Erfinderin“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Erfinderin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Erfinderin
PropertyValue
HeadwordErfinderin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndəʁɪn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#98,381
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Erfinderin“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Erfinderinfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Erfahrungspunkte“ (#98,380), „erheitern“ (#98,382), „Erbprinzen“ (#98,379). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Erfinderin“ bei #98,381. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Erfinderin is uncommon German at frequency #98,381 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die etwas erfindet".

Erfinderin has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Erfinderin, spelled E-R-F-I-N-D-E-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    weibliche Person, die etwas erfindet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Statt fummeliger Touchscreens und strapazierender Klingeltöne haben die jungen Erfinderinnen und Erfinder Geräte entwickelt, die sich per Sprache oder Berührung intuitiv bedienen lassen.“
  2. „Es stimmte, sie war eine begabte Erfinderin, die gerade dabei war, eine Möglichkeit zu suchen, wie sich aus Magie und Sonnenlicht eine unerschöpfliche Energiequelle entwickeln ließ, umweltfreundlich und gesund.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Erfinderin"?
"Erfinderin" is spelled E-R-F-I-N-D-E-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndəʁɪn].
What does "Erfinderin" mean?
As a noun, "Erfinderin" means: weibliche Person, die etwas erfindet
How do you pronounce "Erfinderin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Erfinderin" is [ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndəʁɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Erfinderin" come from?
"Erfinderin" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list