Irrglauben
[ˈɪʁɡlaʊ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“Irrglauben” is uncommon German (frequency #89,119 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,119
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - falsche religiöse Glaubensposition (aus Sicht einer anderen Religion; mit herabwürdigender Bedeutung)
Corpus desk
Index DE-irrglauben · Irrglauben · German
Irrglauben · rank #89,119 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,119
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH irrelevante
Nearest frequency peer: irrelevante (-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 „Irrglauben“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- intuitiver
intuitiver
10,886 corpus weight
- Invalide
Invalide
10,885 corpus weight
- irrelevante
irrelevante
10,883 corpus weight
- Irrglauben
Irrglauben
10,882 corpus weight
- jaden
jaden
10,878 corpus weight
- Jahresabsch…
Jahresabschlüsse
10,877 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Irrglauben“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Irrglauben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪʁɡlaʊ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Irrglauben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Irrglauben is uncommon German at frequency #89,119 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɪʁɡlaʊ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Irrglauben, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Irrglauben, spelled I-R-R-G-L-A-U-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1falsche religiöse Glaubensposition (aus Sicht einer anderen Religion; mit herabwürdigender Bedeutung)
- 2Irrtum, der oft auf falscher Schlussfolgerung beruht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Irrglauben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ungewollt verleitet der Begriff "Bildungsarmut" zu dem Irrglauben, eine gute Schulbildung biete die Gewähr für einen Ausbildungs- oder Arbeitsplatz.“
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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