infallibel
[ɪnfaˈliːbl̩]
The verdict
“infallibel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auf die Lehre der Infallibilität, der Unfehlbarkeit des Papstes in Angelegenheiten der Glaubenslehre bezogen; in Angelegenheiten der Glaubenslehre unfehlbar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | infallibel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɪnfaˈliːbl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “infallibel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
infallibel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɪnfaˈliːbl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for infallibel, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is infallibel, spelled I-N-F-A-L-L-I-B-E-L.
Definition
- 1auf die Lehre der Infallibilität, der Unfehlbarkeit des Papstes in Angelegenheiten der Glaubenslehre bezogen; in Angelegenheiten der Glaubenslehre unfehlbar
- 2in der Art des erkenntnistheoretischen Infallibilismus; den erkenntnistheoretischen Infallibilismus vertretend
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.
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Using “infallibel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-N-F-A-L-L-I-B-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɪnfaˈliːbl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.