intuitive

[ˌɪntuiˈtiːvə]

/[ˌɪntuiˈtiːvə]/ adj

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The verdict

“intuitive” is uncommon German (frequency #52,960 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,960
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-intuitive · intuitive · German

intuitive · rank #52,960 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,960
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH interviewte

Nearest frequency peer: interviewte (-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 „intuitive“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for intuitive
PropertyValue
Headwordintuitive
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌɪntuiˈtiːvə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,960
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „intuitive“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).intuitivefällt 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: „interviewte“ (#52,959), „Investmentbank“ (#52,961), „installiere“ (#52,957). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „intuitive“ bei #52,960. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

intuitive is uncommon German at frequency #52,960 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌɪntuiˈtiːvə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for intuitive, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is intuitive, spelled I-N-T-U-I-T-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intuitiv
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intuitiv
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intuitiv
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intuitiv
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intuitiv
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intuitiv
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intuitiv
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intuitiv
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intuitiv

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 "intuitive"?
"intuitive" is spelled I-N-T-U-I-T-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɪntuiˈtiːvə].
What does "intuitive" mean?
As an adjective, "intuitive" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intuitiv
How do you pronounce "intuitive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intuitive" is [ˌɪntuiˈtiːvə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intuitive" come from?
"intuitive" 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 "intuitive", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list