rätselhafter

[ˈʁɛːt͡sl̩haftɐ]

/[ˈʁɛːt͡sl̩haftɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“rätselhafter” is uncommon German (frequency #70,743 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,743
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rätselhaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-ratselhafter · rätselhafter · German

rätselhafter · rank #70,743 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,743
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH rundlichen

Nearest frequency peer: rundlichen (-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 „rätselhafter“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „rätselhafter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rätselhafter
PropertyValue
Headwordrätselhafter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʁɛːt͡sl̩haftɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#70,743
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „rätselhafter“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).rätselhafterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „rundlichen“ (#70,742), „rülpsen“ (#70,744), „rüstete“ (#70,745). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „rätselhafter“ bei #70,743. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rätselhafter is uncommon German at frequency #70,743 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʁɛːt͡sl̩haftɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

rätselhafter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is rätselhafter, spelled R-Ä-T-S-E-L-H-A-F-T-E-R.

Definition

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

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

Same letter count

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

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list