infiltrieren
[ɪnfɪlˈtʁiːʁən]
The verdict
“infiltrieren” is uncommon German (frequency #73,646 among 17,725 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,646
- frequency rank, German
- 17,725
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in etwas eindringen, jemanden durchdringen, jemanden oder etwas unterwandern
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | infiltrieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɪnfɪlˈtʁiːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #73,646 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “infiltrieren” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
infiltrieren is uncommon German at frequency #73,646 among 17,725 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɪnfɪlˈtʁiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for infiltrieren in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is infiltrieren, spelled I-N-F-I-L-T-R-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1in etwas eindringen, jemanden durchdringen, jemanden oder etwas unterwandern
- 2jemandem etwas einflößen
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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Using “infiltrieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-N-F-I-L-T-R-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɪnfɪlˈtʁiːʁən] (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.