Irreführung
[ˈɪʁəˌfyːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Irreführung” is uncommon German (frequency #50,608 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,608
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bewusste Täuschung eines Anderen
Corpus desk
Index DE-irrefuhrung · Irreführung · German
Irreführung · rank #50,608 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,608
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH IPO
Nearest frequency peer: IPO (-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 „Irreführung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- integer
integer
49,396 corpus weight
- integrale
integrale
49,395 corpus weight
- IPO
IPO
49,394 corpus weight
- Irreführung
Irreführung
49,393 corpus weight
- Italiana
Italiana
49,392 corpus weight
- jahrzehntel…
jahrzehntelanger
49,391 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Irreführung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Irreführung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪʁəˌfyːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #50,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Irreführung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Irreführung is uncommon German at frequency #50,608 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɪʁəˌfyːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bewusste Täuschung eines Anderen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Irreführung, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Irreführung, spelled I-R-R-E-F-Ü-H-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1bewusste Täuschung eines Anderen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Irreführung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unlauterer Wettbewerb geht einher mit der Irreführung des Verbrauchers.
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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