hinterlistig
[ˈhɪntɐˌlɪstɪç]
The verdict
“hinterlistig” is uncommon German (frequency #76,893 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,893
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Art und Weise einer Hinterlist
Corpus desk
Index DE-hinterlistig · hinterlistig · German
hinterlistig · rank #76,893 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,893
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hingibt
Nearest frequency peer: hingibt (-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 „hinterlistig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Heulsuse
Heulsuse
23,112 corpus weight
- hingibt
hingibt
23,109 corpus weight
- hinterlistig
hinterlistig
23,108 corpus weight
- Hintermann
Hintermann
23,107 corpus weight
- Hinweisschi…
Hinweisschilder
23,106 corpus weight
- Hirnblutung
Hirnblutung
23,105 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hinterlistig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hinterlistig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhɪntɐˌlɪstɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #76,893 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hinterlistig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hinterlistig is uncommon German at frequency #76,893 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhɪntɐˌlɪstɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der Art und Weise einer Hinterlist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hinterlistig, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is hinterlistig, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-L-I-S-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1in der Art und Weise einer Hinterlist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hinterlistig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die hinterlistigen Streiche von Max und Moritz begeistern immer noch die Kinder.
Das ist aber hinterlistig von Eugenio.
This word in other languages
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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