ini
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The verdict
“ini” is uncommon German (frequency #53,801 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,801
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Imperativ Singular des Verbs inire
Corpus desk
Index DE-ini · ini · German
ini · rank #53,801 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,801
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Ingenieurwiss…
Nearest frequency peer: Ingenieurwissenschaften (-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 „ini“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Information…
Informationsquellen
46,203 corpus weight
- Information…
Informationssysteme
46,202 corpus weight
- Ingenieurwi…
Ingenieurwissenschaften
46,201 corpus weight
- ini
ini
46,200 corpus weight
- Intensivtät…
Intensivtäter
46,198 corpus weight
- Intercity
Intercity
46,197 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ini“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ini |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #53,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ini“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ini is uncommon German at frequency #53,801 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Imperativ Singular des Verbs inire".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ini, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is ini, spelled I-N-I.
Definition
- 1Imperativ Singular des Verbs inire
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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