infektiösen

[ɪnfɛkˈt͡si̯øːzn̩]

/[ɪnfɛkˈt͡si̯øːzn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“infektiösen” is uncommon German (frequency #93,105 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,105
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs infektiös

Corpus desk

Index DE-infektiosen · infektiösen · German

infektiösen · rank #93,105 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,105
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH infrastruktur…

Nearest frequency peer: infrastrukturelle (+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 „infektiösen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „infektiösen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for infektiösen
PropertyValue
Headwordinfektiösen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɪnfɛkˈt͡si̯øːzn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#93,105
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „infektiösen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).infektiösenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „infrastrukturelle“ (#93,106), „inhärenten“ (#93,107), „indizierte“ (#93,102). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „infektiösen“ bei #93,105. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

infektiösen is uncommon German at frequency #93,105 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɪnfɛkˈt͡si̯øːzn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for infektiösen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is infektiösen, spelled I-N-F-E-K-T-I-Ö-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs infektiös
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs infektiös
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs infektiös
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs infektiös
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs infektiös
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs infektiös
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs infektiös
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs infektiös
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs infektiös
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs infektiös
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs infektiös
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs infektiös

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "infektiösen"?
"infektiösen" is spelled I-N-F-E-K-T-I-Ö-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪnfɛkˈt͡si̯øːzn̩].
What does "infektiösen" mean?
As an adjective, "infektiösen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs infektiös
How do you pronounce "infektiösen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infektiösen" is [ɪnfɛkˈt͡si̯øːzn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "infektiösen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

implodieren#93,100Kakaopulver#93,126Kindersitze#93,144hochgradige#93,064

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list