invalidate
[ɪnˈvalɪdeɪt]
The verdict
“invalidate” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - annullieren, außer Kraft setzen, ungültig machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-invalidate · invalidate · German
invalidate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | invalidate |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɪnˈvalɪdeɪt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „invalidate“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
invalidate is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɪnˈvalɪdeɪt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for invalidate in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is invalidate, spelled I-N-V-A-L-I-D-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1annullieren, außer Kraft setzen, ungültig machen
- 2disqualifizieren, entkräften, umstoßen, widerlegen
- 3für nichtig erklären, ungültig werden
- 4unwirksam machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how invalidate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This document also points out which actions will invalidate this contract.
By the new findings of several researcher teams, earlier theories have been invalidated.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.