inoffizieller

[ˈɪnʔɔfiˌt͡si̯ɛlɐ]

/[ˈɪnʔɔfiˌt͡si̯ɛlɐ]/ adj

The verdict

“inoffizieller” is uncommon German (frequency #76,927 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,927
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs inoffiziell

Corpus desk

Index DE-inoffizieller · inoffizieller · German

inoffizieller · rank #76,927 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,927
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH inkompatibel

Nearest frequency peer: inkompatibel (-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 „inoffizieller“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for inoffizieller
PropertyValue
Headwordinoffizieller
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɪnʔɔfiˌt͡si̯ɛlɐ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#76,927
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „inoffizieller“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).inoffiziellerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „inkompatibel“ (#76,926), „Inkas“ (#76,925), „Iod“ (#76,929). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „inoffizieller“ bei #76,927. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

inoffizieller is uncommon German at frequency #76,927 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɪnʔɔfiˌt͡si̯ɛlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for inoffizieller, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is inoffizieller, spelled I-N-O-F-F-I-Z-I-E-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs inoffiziell
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs inoffiziell
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs inoffiziell
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs inoffiziell
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs inoffiziell

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 "inoffizieller"?
"inoffizieller" is spelled I-N-O-F-F-I-Z-I-E-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪnʔɔfiˌt͡si̯ɛlɐ].
What does "inoffizieller" mean?
As an adjective, "inoffizieller" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs inoffiziell
How do you pronounce "inoffizieller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inoffizieller" is [ˈɪnʔɔfiˌt͡si̯ɛlɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inoffizieller" come from?
"inoffizieller" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list