mangelhafter

[ˈmaŋl̩haftɐ]

/[ˈmaŋl̩haftɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“mangelhafter” is uncommon German (frequency #51,520 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,520
frequency rank, German
44,424
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mangelhaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-mangelhafter · mangelhafter · German

mangelhafter · rank #51,520 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,520
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 44,424
  • PHOTO-FINISH mania

Nearest frequency peer: mania (+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 “mangelhafter”

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

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “mangelhafter” 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 May 6, 2026
Key facts for mangelhafter
PropertyValue
Headwordmangelhafter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈmaŋl̩haftɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#51,520
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mangelhafter” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mangelhafter lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mangelhafter is uncommon German at frequency #51,520 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmaŋl̩haftɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mangelhafter, 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 mangelhafter, spelled M-A-N-G-E-L-H-A-F-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mangelhaft
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mangelhaft
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mangelhaft
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mangelhaft
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mangelhaft

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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Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

maschinellen#51,525Lampenfieber#51,501Mittelstands#51,541Mongolischen#51,544
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