Exfreund

[ˈɛksˌfʁɔɪ̯nt]

/[ˈɛksˌfʁɔɪ̯nt]/ noun

The verdict

“Exfreund” is uncommon German (frequency #66,191 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,191
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ehemaliger Geliebter

Corpus desk

Index DE-exfreund · Exfreund · German

Exfreund · rank #66,191 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,191
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Excalibur

Nearest frequency peer: Excalibur (-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 „Exfreund“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Exfreund“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Exfreund
PropertyValue
HeadwordExfreund
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛksˌfʁɔɪ̯nt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#66,191
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Exfreund“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Exfreundfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Excalibur“ (#66,190), „existenziell“ (#66,192), „exact“ (#66,189). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Exfreund“ bei #66,191. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Exfreund is uncommon German at frequency #66,191 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛksˌfʁɔɪ̯nt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ehemaliger Geliebter".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Exfreund in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Exfreund, spelled E-X-F-R-E-U-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    ehemaliger Geliebter

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Exfreund appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mein Exfreund war in unserer Beziehung fremdgegangen.
  2. „Unwillkürlich musste ich an Philip denken, meinen Exfreund, der mir immer vorgeworfen hatte, ich sei nicht spontan genug.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Exfreund"?
"Exfreund" is spelled E-X-F-R-E-U-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛksˌfʁɔɪ̯nt].
What does "Exfreund" mean?
As a noun, "Exfreund" means: ehemaliger Geliebter
How do you pronounce "Exfreund"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Exfreund" is [ˈɛksˌfʁɔɪ̯nt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Exfreund" come from?
"Exfreund" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Exfreund", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list