hinterfragen
[hɪntɐˈfʁaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“hinterfragen” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,674. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,674
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - überlegen und/oder herausfinden, ob eine Aussage wahr beziehungsweise glaubhaft ist oder welche Intention oder Gründe hinter einer Aussage oder Handlung stehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hinterfragen · hinterfragen · German
hinterfragen · rank #11,674 · 19 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #11,674
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH herkömmlichen
Nearest frequency peer: herkömmlichen (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „hinterfragen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Henri
Henri
88,330 corpus weight
- herab
herab
88,329 corpus weight
- herkömmlich…
herkömmlichen
88,328 corpus weight
- hinterfragen
hinterfragen
88,327 corpus weight
- hunter
hunter
88,326 corpus weight
- Häftlinge
Häftlinge
88,325 corpus weight
What this shows „hinterfragen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hinterfragen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɪntɐˈfʁaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #11,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „hinterfragen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around hinterfragen (IPA [hɪntɐˈfʁaːɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,674 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "überlegen und/oder herausfinden, ob eine Aussage wahr beziehungsweise glaubhaft ist oder welche Intention oder Gründe hinter einer Aussage oder Handlung stehen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for hinterfragen, with forms such as "hhinterfragen", "hinetrfragen", and "hinnterfragen". 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 also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "hinterfragt", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is hinterfragen, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-F-R-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1überlegen und/oder herausfinden, ob eine Aussage wahr beziehungsweise glaubhaft ist oder welche Intention oder Gründe hinter einer Aussage oder Handlung stehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hinterfragen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man muss hinterfragen, was einem im Fernsehen präsentiert wird und es nicht alles sofort als die pure Wahrheit akzeptieren.
„Die oft verbreitete Haltung, man brauche beim Kauf einer Kapitalanlage-Immobilie kaum oder gar kein Eigenkapital einzusetzen, sollte man momentan unbedingt hinterfragen.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhinterfragen
- hinetrfragen
- hinnterfragen
- hintefrragen
- hinterfargen
- hinterffragen
- hinterfraegn
- hinterfragenn
- hinterfraggen
- hinterfragne
- hinterfrgaen
- hinterfrragen
- hinterrfagen
- hinterrfragen
- hintrefragen
- hintterfragen
- hitnerfragen
- hniterfragen
- ihnterfragen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hinterfragen - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).