widerspenstig
[ˈviːdɐˌʃpɛnstɪç]
The verdict
“widerspenstig” is uncommon German (frequency #86,057 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,057
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich sträubend, unbeugsam, sich nicht fügen wollend
Corpus desk
Index DE-widerspenstig · widerspenstig · German
widerspenstig · rank #86,057 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,057
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wetterprognose
Nearest frequency peer: Wetterprognose (-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 „widerspenstig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Welthandels
Welthandels
13,950 corpus weight
- wendischen
wendischen
13,949 corpus weight
- werdendes
werdendes
13,947 corpus weight
- Wetterprogn…
Wetterprognose
13,945 corpus weight
- widerspenst…
widerspenstig
13,944 corpus weight
- Windhund
Windhund
13,940 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „widerspenstig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | widerspenstig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈviːdɐˌʃpɛnstɪç] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #86,057 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „widerspenstig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
widerspenstig is uncommon German at frequency #86,057 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈviːdɐˌʃpɛnstɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich sträubend, unbeugsam, sich nicht fügen wollend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for widerspenstig in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is widerspenstig, spelled W-I-D-E-R-S-P-E-N-S-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1sich sträubend, unbeugsam, sich nicht fügen wollend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how widerspenstig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Frau Müller hat eine widerspenstige Tochter, die mitten in der Pubertät steckt.
„Dabei konnte man Mirko keineswegs unwillig oder widerspenstig nennen. Er tat gehorsam, was man ihm gebot,“ […].
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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