Ineffizienz
[ˈɪnʔɛfit͡si̯ɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Ineffizienz” is uncommon German (frequency #97,179 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,179
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Eigenschaft, ineffizient zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-ineffizienz · Ineffizienz · German
Ineffizienz · rank #97,179 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,179
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Indiskretion
Nearest frequency peer: Indiskretion (-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 „Ineffizienz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- 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
- Inselwelt
Inselwelt
2,818 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ineffizienz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ineffizienz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪnʔɛfit͡si̯ɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #97,179 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ineffizienz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ineffizienz is uncommon German at frequency #97,179 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɪnʔɛfit͡si̯ɛnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Eigenschaft, ineffizient zu sein".
Ineffizienz has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Ineffizienz, spelled I-N-E-F-F-I-Z-I-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1die Eigenschaft, ineffizient zu sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ineffizienz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Ineffizienz der Methoden Ihrer Managementabteilung hat uns in diese missliche Lage gebracht.
Antonyms
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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