Indiskretion
[ˈɪndɪskʁet͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Indiskretion” is uncommon German (frequency #97,178 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,178
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das (absichtliche) Verraten/Ausplaudern von persönlicher/intimer/geheimer Information
Corpus desk
Index DE-indiskretion · Indiskretion · German
Indiskretion · rank #97,178 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,178
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH indischem
Nearest frequency peer: indischem (-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 „Indiskretion“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- illegitimen
illegitimen
2,827 corpus weight
- importance
importance
2,826 corpus weight
- indischem
indischem
2,824 corpus weight
- Indiskretion
Indiskretion
2,823 corpus weight
- Ineffizienz
Ineffizienz
2,822 corpus weight
- injury
injury
2,820 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Indiskretion“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Indiskretion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪndɪskʁet͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #97,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Indiskretion“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Indiskretion is uncommon German at frequency #97,178 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɪndɪskʁet͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Indiskretion doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Indiskretion, spelled I-N-D-I-S-K-R-E-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1das (absichtliche) Verraten/Ausplaudern von persönlicher/intimer/geheimer Information
- 2das Fehlen von Feingefühl beim Umgang mit anderen Menschen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Indiskretion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine schnöde Indiskretion hatte offenbar die edlen Absichten Seiner Herrlichkeit, des Gouverneurs der Bank von England durchkreuzt. Wer hatte diese Indiskretion begangen?“
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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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