Hinterbänkler
[ˈhɪntɐˌbɛŋklɐ]
The verdict
“Hinterbänkler” is uncommon German (frequency #93,059 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,059
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Angehöriger eines Parlaments, der wenig Einfluss hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-hinterbankler · Hinterbänkler · German
Hinterbänkler · rank #93,059 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,059
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH hinnimmt
Nearest frequency peer: hinnimmt (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Hinterbänkler”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hinkriegt
hinkriegt
6,944 corpus weight
- hinnimmt
hinnimmt
6,943 corpus weight
- Hinterbänkl…
Hinterbänkler
6,942 corpus weight
- hinzuarbeit…
hinzuarbeiten
6,940 corpus weight
- Hitzschlag
Hitzschlag
6,939 corpus weight
- Hochfest
Hochfest
6,938 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Hinterbänkler” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hinterbänkler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɪntɐˌbɛŋklɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #93,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hinterbänkler” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hinterbänkler is uncommon German at frequency #93,059 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɪntɐˌbɛŋklɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Angehöriger eines Parlaments, der wenig Einfluss hat".
No misspelling variants are generated for Hinterbänkler in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Hinterbänkler, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-B-Ä-N-K-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Angehöriger eines Parlaments, der wenig Einfluss hat
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hinterbänkler", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.