infolge

/[ɪnˈfɔlɡə]/ prep

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,621

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

infolge is aGermanprep. It means: als Folge (Konsequenz) eines oder mehrerer vorangegangener Ereignisse Pronounced [ɪnˈfɔlɡə]. It ranks #4,621 in German word frequency. Often confused with infrage.

Key facts for infolge
PropertyValue
Headwordinfolge
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPrep
IPA[ɪnˈfɔlɡə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,621
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of infolge in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for infolge is 7 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪnˈfɔlɡə]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,621 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "als Folge (Konsequenz) eines oder mehrerer vorangegangener Ereignisse".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for infolge, with forms such as "ifnolge", "inffolge", and "infloge". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "infrage", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is infolge, spelled I-N-F-O-L-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    als Folge (Konsequenz) eines oder mehrerer vorangegangener Ereignisse

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ifnolge,inffolge,infloge,infogle,infoleg,infolgge,infollge,innfolge,inoflge,nifolge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for infolge

Misspelling Variants of "infolge"

ifnolge7inffolge8infloge7infogle7infoleg7infolgge8infollge8innfolge8
Misspelling Variants of "infolge"

Frequency rank: #4,621 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "infolge"?
"infolge" is spelled I-N-F-O-L-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪnˈfɔlɡə].
What does "infolge" mean?
As a prep, "infolge" means: als Folge (Konsequenz) eines oder mehrerer vorangegangener Ereignisse
What words are commonly confused with "infolge"?
"infolge" is commonly confused with "infrage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "infolge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infolge" is [ɪnˈfɔlɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infolge" come from?
"infolge" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.