4

/[fiːɐ̯]/ num

Letters

1 characters

Frequency Rank

#150

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

4 is aGermannum. It means: eine arabische Ziffer (ein Zahlzeichen), welche die Zahl Vier darstellt Pronounced [fiːɐ̯]. It ranks #150 in German word frequency. Often confused with 4D and vier.

Key facts for 4
PropertyValue
Headword4
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNum
IPA[fiːɐ̯]
Letters1
Frequency rank#150
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of 4 in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for 4 is 1 letters long, classified as anum, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fiːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #150 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine arabische Ziffer (ein Zahlzeichen), welche die Zahl Vier darstellt".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for 4 in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "4D", "vier", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is 4, spelled 4, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine arabische Ziffer (ein Zahlzeichen), welche die Zahl Vier darstellt

Frequency rank: #150 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "4"?
"4" is spelled 4. The IPA pronunciation is [fiːɐ̯].
What does "4" mean?
As a num, "4" means: eine arabische Ziffer (ein Zahlzeichen), welche die Zahl Vier darstellt
What words are commonly confused with "4"?
"4" is commonly confused with "4D", "vier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "4"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "4" is [fiːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "4" come from?
"4" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.