Instinkten
[ɪnˈstɪŋktn̩]
The verdict
“Instinkten” is uncommon German (frequency #79,333 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,333
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Instinkt
Corpus desk
Index DE-instinkten · Instinkten · German
Instinkten · rank #79,333 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,333
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH institutional…
Nearest frequency peer: institutionalisiert (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Instinkten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Insektizide
Insektizide
20,670 corpus weight
- Instinkten
Instinkten
20,668 corpus weight
- institution…
institutionalisiert
20,667 corpus weight
- Intimsphäre
Intimsphäre
20,666 corpus weight
- intimsten
intimsten
20,665 corpus weight
- invasiven
invasiven
20,664 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Instinkten” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Instinkten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɪnˈstɪŋktn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Instinkten” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Instinkten is uncommon German at frequency #79,333 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪnˈstɪŋktn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Instinkt".
Instinkten doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 Instinkten, spelled I-N-S-T-I-N-K-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Instinkt
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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