irreführen
[ˈɪʁəˌfyːʁən]
The verdict
“irreführen” 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) - absichtlich in die falsche Richtung lenken
Corpus desk
Index DE-irrefuhren · irreführen · German
irreführen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | irreführen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɪʁəˌfyːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „irreführen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
irreführen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɪʁəˌfyːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "absichtlich in die falsche Richtung lenken".
No misspelling variants are generated for irreführen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is irreführen, spelled I-R-R-E-F-Ü-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1absichtlich in die falsche Richtung lenken
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how irreführen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Karte wird mich irreführen!
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.