widrigenfalls
[ˈviːdʁɪɡn̩ˌfals]
The verdict
“widrigenfalls” is uncommon German (frequency #97,967 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,967
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sollte das Gesagte nicht zutreffen, im anderen Falle
Corpus desk
Index DE-widrigenfalls · widrigenfalls · German
widrigenfalls · rank #97,967 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,967
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH widersprüchli…
Nearest frequency peer: widersprüchliches (-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 „widrigenfalls“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wichsvorlage
Wichsvorlage
2,037 corpus weight
- widersprüch…
widersprüchliches
2,035 corpus weight
- widrigenfal…
widrigenfalls
2,034 corpus weight
- wiedergutma…
wiedergutmachen
2,032 corpus weight
- wilk
wilk
2,031 corpus weight
- windstill
windstill
2,030 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „widrigenfalls“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | widrigenfalls |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈviːdʁɪɡn̩ˌfals] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #97,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „widrigenfalls“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
widrigenfalls is uncommon German at frequency #97,967 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈviːdʁɪɡn̩ˌfals]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sollte das Gesagte nicht zutreffen, im anderen Falle".
Zero misspellings are on record for widrigenfalls in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is widrigenfalls, spelled W-I-D-R-I-G-E-N-F-A-L-L-S.
Definition
- 1sollte das Gesagte nicht zutreffen, im anderen Falle
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how widrigenfalls appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit kaltblütiger Ruhe stieg der Postbote die Treppe hinauf und erklärte Herrn Pfeifer, daß diesem Unfug ein Ende gemacht werden müsse, widrigenfalls er keine Briefe mehr hierher zu besorgen brauche.“
„Die Einzelheiten des Vergleichs, der Polanski von einem Richter in Los Angeles unter der Drohung aufgezwungen wurde, widrigenfalls werde man dessen Einnahmen aus amerikanischen Kinos beschlagnahmen, sind unbekannt, weil vertraulich.“
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "widrigenfalls"?
What does "widrigenfalls" mean?
How do you pronounce "widrigenfalls"?
What language does "widrigenfalls" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "widrigenfalls", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).