hinfällig
[ˈhɪnˌfɛlɪç]
The verdict
“hinfällig” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #23,564 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #23,564
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - schwach von Alter
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hinfällig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhɪnˌfɛlɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #23,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hinfällig” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for hinfällig is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhɪnˌfɛlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,564 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for hinfällig, with forms such as "hhinfällig", "hifnällig", and "hinffällig". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is hinfällig, spelled H-I-N-F-Ä-L-L-I-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1schwach von Alter
- 2nicht mehr aktuell
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhinfällig,hifnällig,hinffällig,hinflälig,hinfälig,hinfälilg,hinfällgi,hinfälligg,hinnfällig,hinäfllig,hnifällig,ihnfällig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hinfällig - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “hinfällig”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-I-N-F-Ä-L-L-I-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhɪnˌfɛlɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Nearby German words
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