CFO
[ˌsiːʔɛfˈʔɔʊ]
The verdict
“CFO” is uncommon German (frequency #71,208 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,208
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chief Financial Officer, ‚Vorstandsmitglied für Finanzen‘, ‚Finanzchef‘, ‚Kaufmännischer Direktor/Geschäftsführer‘, ‚Finanzvorstand/Finanzvorständin‘
Corpus desk
Index DE-cfo · CFO · German
CFO · rank #71,208 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,208
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH cellulite
Nearest frequency peer: cellulite (-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 „CFO“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Cartagena
Cartagena
28,796 corpus weight
- CDA
CDA
28,795 corpus weight
- cellulite
cellulite
28,794 corpus weight
- CFO
CFO
28,793 corpus weight
- chica
chica
28,792 corpus weight
- ciudad
ciudad
28,791 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „CFO“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | CFO |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌsiːʔɛfˈʔɔʊ] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #71,208 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „CFO“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
CFO is uncommon German at frequency #71,208 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌsiːʔɛfˈʔɔʊ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chief Financial Officer, ‚Vorstandsmitglied für Finanzen‘, ‚Finanzchef‘, ‚Kaufmännischer Direktor/Geschäftsführer‘, ‚Finanzvorstand/Finanzvorständin‘".
No misspelling variants are generated for CFO in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is CFO, spelled C-F-O.
Definition
- 1Chief Financial Officer, ‚Vorstandsmitglied für Finanzen‘, ‚Finanzchef‘, ‚Kaufmännischer Direktor/Geschäftsführer‘, ‚Finanzvorstand/Finanzvorständin‘
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how CFO appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der CFO kündigte die Streichung von Arbeitsplätzen an, um Geld einzusparen.
„Die CFO eines Familienunternehmens hat die größte Unternehmensakquisition der Unternehmensgeschichte durchgeboxt, […].“
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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