illativ
[ɪlaˈtiːf]
The verdict
“illativ” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - „folgernd, konsekutiv“
Corpus desk
Index DE-illativ · illativ · German
illativ · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | illativ |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɪlaˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „illativ“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
illativ is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɪlaˈtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "„folgernd, konsekutiv“".
No generated misspelling entries exist for illativ in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is illativ, spelled I-L-L-A-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1„folgernd, konsekutiv“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.