Erfinderin
[ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndəʁɪn]
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
- entwürdigend
entwürdigend
1,624 corpus weight
- Erbprinzen
Erbprinzen
1,622 corpus weight
- Erfahrungsp…
Erfahrungspunkte
1,621 corpus weight
- Erfinderin
Erfinderin
1,620 corpus weight
- erheitern
erheitern
1,619 corpus weight
- erneuerbar
erneuerbar
1,617 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Erfinderin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Erfinderin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndəʁɪn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #98,381 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Erfinderin“ im Deutschen
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
- 1weibliche Person, die etwas erfindet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erfinderin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Statt fummeliger Touchscreens und strapazierender Klingeltöne haben die jungen Erfinderinnen und Erfinder Geräte entwickelt, die sich per Sprache oder Berührung intuitiv bedienen lassen.“
„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.
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