widrigenfalls
[ˈviːdʁɪɡn̩ˌfals]
The verdict
“widrigenfalls” is an uncommon German word, ranked #97,967 in German word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #97,967
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sollte das Gesagte nicht zutreffen, im anderen Falle
| 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) |
Where “widrigenfalls” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for widrigenfalls is 13 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈviːdʁɪɡn̩ˌfals]. Corpus data places it at rank #97,967 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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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Using “widrigenfalls”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-I-D-R-I-G-E-N-F-A-L-L-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈviːdʁɪɡn̩ˌfals] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.