Informationsquelle

/[ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːnsˌkvɛlə]/ noun

The verdict

“Informationsquelle” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #43,986 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#43,986
frequency rank, German
18
letters
25
tracked misspellings

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Person, Stelle, bei der man (neue) Kenntnisse über etwas/jemanden erhalten kann

Key facts for Informationsquelle
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HeadwordInformationsquelle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːnsˌkvɛlə]
Letters18
Frequency rank#43,986
Misspellings tracked25
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Informationsquelle” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Informationsquelle lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Informationsquelle is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːnsˌkvɛlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,986 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Person, Stelle, bei der man (neue) Kenntnisse über etwas/jemanden erhalten kann".

Our generated misspelling index lists 25 likely wrong-spelling variants for Informationsquelle, with forms such as "ifnormationsquelle", "infformationsquelle", and "infomrationsquelle". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Informationsquelle, spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N-S-Q-U-E-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, Stelle, bei der man (neue) Kenntnisse über etwas/jemanden erhalten kann

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ifnormationsquelle,infformationsquelle,infomrationsquelle,inforamtionsquelle,informaitonsquelle,informatinosquelle,informationnsquelle,informationqsuelle,informationsqeulle,informationsqquelle,informationsquele,informationsquelel,informationsqulele,informationssquelle,informationsuqelle,informatiosnquelle,informatoinsquelle,informattionsquelle,informmationsquelle,informtaionsquelle,inforrmationsquelle,infromationsquelle,innformationsquelle,inofrmationsquelle,niformationsquelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Informationsquelle — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "Informationsquelle"

ifnormationsquelle2infformationsquelle1infomrationsquelle2inforamtionsquelle2informaitonsquelle2informatinosquelle2informationnsquelle1informationqsuelle2
Edit distance from "Informationsquelle"

Frequency rank: #43,986 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Informationsquelle"?
"Informationsquelle" is spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N-S-Q-U-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːnsˌkvɛlə].
What does "Informationsquelle" mean?
As a noun, "Informationsquelle" means: Person, Stelle, bei der man (neue) Kenntnisse über etwas/jemanden erhalten kann
What are common misspellings of "Informationsquelle"?
Common misspellings include "ifnormationsquelle", "infformationsquelle", "infomrationsquelle", "inforamtionsquelle", "informaitonsquelle". The correct spelling is "Informationsquelle".
How do you pronounce "Informationsquelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Informationsquelle" is [ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːnsˌkvɛlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Informationsquelle" come from?
"Informationsquelle" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Informationsquelle”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N-S-Q-U-E-L-L-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːnsˌkvɛlə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Nearby German words

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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.