unflexibel
[ˈʊnflɛˌksiːbl̩]
The verdict
“unflexibel” is uncommon German (frequency #75,162 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,162
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht biegbar oder biegsam
Corpus desk
Index DE-unflexibel · unflexibel · German
unflexibel · rank #75,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,162
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH ungeplant
Nearest frequency peer: ungeplant (+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 „unflexibel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- undeutliche
undeutliche
24,842 corpus weight
- unerschöpfl…
unerschöpflich
24,841 corpus weight
- unflexibel
unflexibel
24,839 corpus weight
- ungeplant
ungeplant
24,838 corpus weight
- ungesättigte
ungesättigte
24,837 corpus weight
- unheilbare
unheilbare
24,836 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unflexibel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unflexibel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnflɛˌksiːbl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #75,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unflexibel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unflexibel is uncommon German at frequency #75,162 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnflɛˌksiːbl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unflexibel, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is unflexibel, spelled U-N-F-L-E-X-I-B-E-L.
Definition
- 1nicht biegbar oder biegsam
- 2unfähig, sich auf geänderte Anforderungen und Gegebenheiten einstellen zu können
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unflexibel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine fünf Millimeter dicke Stahlplatte ist unflexibel und biegt sich kaum, ein 0,5 Millimeter dickes Stahlblech ist dagegen ziemlich flexibel.
„Im Gegensatz zu einem Schlauch ist ein Rohr aus relativ unflexiblem Material gefertigt.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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