fachlich

/[ˈfaxlɪç]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,353

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

fachlich is anGermanadj. It means: sich auf ein Fach (Handwerk, Industrie, Beruf, Berufszweig, Wissenschaftsdisziplin) beziehend Pronounced [ˈfaxlɪç]. Often confused with fröhlich and farblich.

Key facts for fachlich
PropertyValue
Headwordfachlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈfaxlɪç]
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,353
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for fachlich is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfaxlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,353 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sich auf ein Fach (Handwerk, Industrie, Beruf, Berufszweig, Wissenschaftsdisziplin) beziehend".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for fachlich, with forms such as "afchlich", "facchlich", and "fachhlich". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "fröhlich", "farblich", "fachliche", and more, 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 fachlich, spelled F-A-C-H-L-I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich auf ein Fach (Handwerk, Industrie, Beruf, Berufszweig, Wissenschaftsdisziplin) beziehend

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afchlich,facchlich,fachhlich,fachilch,fachlcih,fachlicch,fachlichh,fachlihc,fachllich,faclhich,fahclich,fcahlich,ffachlich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fachlich

Misspelling Variants of "fachlich"

afchlich8facchlich9fachhlich9fachilch8fachlcih8fachlicch9fachlichh9fachlihc8
Misspelling Variants of "fachlich"

Frequency rank: #15,353 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fachlich"?
"fachlich" is spelled F-A-C-H-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaxlɪç].
What does "fachlich" mean?
As an adj, "fachlich" means: sich auf ein Fach (Handwerk, Industrie, Beruf, Berufszweig, Wissenschaftsdisziplin) beziehend
What words are commonly confused with "fachlich"?
"fachlich" is commonly confused with "fröhlich", "farblich", "fachliche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fachlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fachlich" is [ˈfaxlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fachlich" come from?
"fachlich" 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.