afraid
[əˈfɹeɪd]
The verdict
“afraid” is uncommon German (frequency #74,269 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,269
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ängstlich, besorgt, furchtsam
Corpus desk
Index DE-afraid · afraid · German
afraid · rank #74,269 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,269
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Adenauers
Nearest frequency peer: Adenauers (-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 „afraid“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- achtes
achtes
25,736 corpus weight
- acting
acting
25,735 corpus weight
- Adeliger
Adeliger
25,734 corpus weight
- Adenauers
Adenauers
25,733 corpus weight
- afraid
afraid
25,732 corpus weight
- Ahndung
Ahndung
25,729 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „afraid“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | afraid |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [əˈfɹeɪd] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,269 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „afraid“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
afraid is uncommon German at frequency #74,269 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [əˈfɹeɪd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ängstlich, besorgt, furchtsam".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for afraid, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is afraid, spelled A-F-R-A-I-D.
Definition
- 1ängstlich, besorgt, furchtsam
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how afraid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She is afraid of losing her partner cause of military actions.
Synonyms
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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