geheimnisvolles

[ɡəˈhaɪ̯mnɪsˌfɔləs]

/[ɡəˈhaɪ̯mnɪsˌfɔləs]/ adj

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The verdict

“geheimnisvolles” is uncommon German (frequency #52,873 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,873
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geheimnisvoll

Corpus desk

Index DE-geheimnisvolles · geheimnisvolles · German

geheimnisvolles · rank #52,873 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,873
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gefangenenlag…

Nearest frequency peer: Gefangenenlager (-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 „geheimnisvolles“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for geheimnisvolles
PropertyValue
Headwordgeheimnisvolles
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈhaɪ̯mnɪsˌfɔləs]
Letters15
Frequency rank#52,873
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „geheimnisvolles“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).geheimnisvollesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gefangenenlager“ (#52,872), „Geheimpolizei“ (#52,874), „Gebrauchsanweisung“ (#52,871). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „geheimnisvolles“ bei #52,873. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geheimnisvolles is uncommon German at frequency #52,873 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈhaɪ̯mnɪsˌfɔləs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for geheimnisvolles in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is geheimnisvolles, spelled G-E-H-E-I-M-N-I-S-V-O-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geheimnisvoll
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geheimnisvoll
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geheimnisvoll
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geheimnisvoll

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 "geheimnisvolles"?
"geheimnisvolles" is spelled G-E-H-E-I-M-N-I-S-V-O-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈhaɪ̯mnɪsˌfɔləs].
What does "geheimnisvolles" mean?
As an adjective, "geheimnisvolles" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geheimnisvoll
How do you pronounce "geheimnisvolles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geheimnisvolles" is [ɡəˈhaɪ̯mnɪsˌfɔləs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geheimnisvolles" come from?
"geheimnisvolles" 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 "geheimnisvolles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gefangenenlager#52,872Fortentwicklung#52,852Finanzministers#52,841Erwachsenwerden#52,825

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list