inkorrekt

/[ˈɪnkɔʁɛkt]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#75,805

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

inkorrekt is anGermanadj. It means: (logisch oder faktisch) nicht richtig Pronounced [ˈɪnkɔʁɛkt].

Key facts for inkorrekt
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Headwordinkorrekt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈɪnkɔʁɛkt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#75,805
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for inkorrekt is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɪnkɔʁɛkt]. Corpus data places it at rank #75,805 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for inkorrekt in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 inkorrekt, spelled I-N-K-O-R-R-E-K-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (logisch oder faktisch) nicht richtig
  2. 2
    nicht angemessen (in sozialen Situationen), ungehörig

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #75,805 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inkorrekt"?
"inkorrekt" is spelled I-N-K-O-R-R-E-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪnkɔʁɛkt].
What does "inkorrekt" mean?
As an adj, "inkorrekt" means: (logisch oder faktisch) nicht richtig
How do you pronounce "inkorrekt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inkorrekt" is [ˈɪnkɔʁɛkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inkorrekt" come from?
"inkorrekt" 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.