Infotainment

[ɪnfoˈtɛɪ̯nmənt]

/[ɪnfoˈtɛɪ̯nmənt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Infotainment” is uncommon German (frequency #62,528 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,528
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Mischung aus Unterhaltung und Information

Corpus desk

Index DE-infotainment · Infotainment · German

Infotainment · rank #62,528 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,528
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Industriezwei…

Nearest frequency peer: Industriezweige (-2 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 „Infotainment“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Infotainment
PropertyValue
HeadwordInfotainment
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɪnfoˈtɛɪ̯nmənt]
Letters12
Frequency rank#62,528
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Infotainment“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Industriezweige“ (#62,526), „Impfstoffen“ (#62,525), „inhaliert“ (#62,531). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „Infotainment“ bei #62,528. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Infotainment is uncommon German at frequency #62,528 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪnfoˈtɛɪ̯nmənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Mischung aus Unterhaltung und Information".

Infotainment has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Infotainment, spelled I-N-F-O-T-A-I-N-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Mischung aus Unterhaltung und Information

This word in other languages

infotainment(English)

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 "Infotainment"?
"Infotainment" is spelled I-N-F-O-T-A-I-N-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪnfoˈtɛɪ̯nmənt].
What does "Infotainment" mean?
As a noun, "Infotainment" means: eine Mischung aus Unterhaltung und Information
How do you pronounce "Infotainment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Infotainment" is [ɪnfoˈtɛɪ̯nmənt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Infotainment" come from?
"Infotainment" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

immaterielle#62,523Kampfeinsatz#62,546hervortreten#62,500Klassenräume#62,556

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list