kontraintuitiv
[ˈkɔntʁaʔɪntuiˌtiːf]
The verdict
“kontraintuitiv” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - entgegen der Intuition oder dem gesunden Menschenverstand; der Intuition widersprechend; schwer zu verstehen, nicht eingängig
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kontraintuitiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkɔntʁaʔɪntuiˌtiːf] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kontraintuitiv” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for kontraintuitiv is 14 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkɔntʁaʔɪntuiˌtiːf]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "entgegen der Intuition oder dem gesunden Menschenverstand; der Intuition widersprechend; schwer zu verstehen, nicht eingängig".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kontraintuitiv, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 kontraintuitiv, spelled K-O-N-T-R-A-I-N-T-U-I-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1entgegen der Intuition oder dem gesunden Menschenverstand; der Intuition widersprechend; schwer zu verstehen, nicht eingängig
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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.
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Using “kontraintuitiv”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-O-N-T-R-A-I-N-T-U-I-T-I-V - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.