Fehlinterpretation
[ˈfeːlʔɪntɐpʁetaˌt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Fehlinterpretation” is uncommon German (frequency #82,736 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,736
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interpretation, die etwas falsch versteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-fehlinterpretation · Fehlinterpretation · German
Fehlinterpretation · rank #82,736 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,736
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH fantasieren
Nearest frequency peer: fantasieren (-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 „Fehlinterpretation“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- fallenlassen
fallenlassen
17,268 corpus weight
- Familienban…
Familienbande
17,267 corpus weight
- fantasieren
fantasieren
17,266 corpus weight
- Fehlinterpr…
Fehlinterpretation
17,265 corpus weight
- Fehlverhalt…
Fehlverhaltens
17,264 corpus weight
- feiernden
feiernden
17,263 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fehlinterpretation“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fehlinterpretation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfeːlʔɪntɐpʁetaˌt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #82,736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fehlinterpretation“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fehlinterpretation is uncommon German at frequency #82,736 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfeːlʔɪntɐpʁetaˌt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Interpretation, die etwas falsch versteht".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Fehlinterpretation, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Fehlinterpretation, spelled F-E-H-L-I-N-T-E-R-P-R-E-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Interpretation, die etwas falsch versteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Fehlinterpretation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Witz bezieht seine Pointe aus einer sprachlichen Fehlinterpretation.“
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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