Reinfall

[ˈʁaɪ̯nˌfal]

/[ˈʁaɪ̯nˌfal]/ noun

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The verdict

“Reinfall” is uncommon German (frequency #52,369 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,369
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein schlechter Ausgang, Verfehlen eines gesteckten Ziels

Corpus desk

Index DE-reinfall · Reinfall · German

Reinfall · rank #52,369 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,369
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Reliquie

Nearest frequency peer: Reliquie (+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 „Reinfall“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Reinfall
PropertyValue
HeadwordReinfall
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁaɪ̯nˌfal]
Letters8
Frequency rank#52,369
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Reinfall“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Reinfallfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Reliquie“ (#52,370), „reih“ (#52,367), „Reproduktionen“ (#52,371). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Reinfall“ bei #52,369. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Reinfall is uncommon German at frequency #52,369 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁaɪ̯nˌfal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein schlechter Ausgang, Verfehlen eines gesteckten Ziels".

Reinfall doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Reinfall, spelled R-E-I-N-F-A-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein schlechter Ausgang, Verfehlen eines gesteckten Ziels

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Reinfall appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Das ist ein Reinfall! Der Campingplatz liegt 4 km vom Strand.
  2. „Mein Experiment war ein Reinfall.“

Antonyms

ErfolgGelingen

This word in other languages

flop(English)chasco(Español)bide(Français)

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 "Reinfall"?
"Reinfall" is spelled R-E-I-N-F-A-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁaɪ̯nˌfal].
What does "Reinfall" mean?
As a noun, "Reinfall" means: ein schlechter Ausgang, Verfehlen eines gesteckten Ziels
How do you pronounce "Reinfall"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Reinfall" is [ˈʁaɪ̯nˌfal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Reinfall" come from?
"Reinfall" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Reliquie#52,370Rebsorte#52,360Schatzes#52,391schaurig#52,392

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list