investigative

[ɪnvɛstiɡaˈtiːvə]

/[ɪnvɛstiɡaˈtiːvə]/ adj

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The verdict

“investigative” is uncommon German (frequency #57,986 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,986
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 investigativ

Corpus desk

Index DE-investigative · investigative · German

investigative · rank #57,986 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,986
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH intimer

Nearest frequency peer: intimer (-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 “investigative”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “investigative” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for investigative
PropertyValue
Headwordinvestigative
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɪnvɛstiɡaˈtiːvə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#57,986
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “investigative” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).investigativeliegt hier:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „intimer“ (#57,985), „interagiert“ (#57,984), „Jer“ (#57,990). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

investigative is uncommon German at frequency #57,986 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɪnvɛstiɡaˈtiːvə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

investigative doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is investigative, spelled I-N-V-E-S-T-I-G-A-T-I-V-E.

Definition

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

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 "investigative"?
"investigative" is spelled I-N-V-E-S-T-I-G-A-T-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪnvɛstiɡaˈtiːvə].
What does "investigative" mean?
As an adjective, "investigative" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs investigativ
How do you pronounce "investigative"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "investigative" is [ɪnvɛstiɡaˈtiːvə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "investigative" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list