FAG

abbrev

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The verdict

“FAG” is uncommon German (frequency #59,622 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,622
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-fag · FAG · German

FAG · rank #59,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,622
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fahrzeugführer

Nearest frequency peer: Fahrzeugführer (+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 „FAG“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for FAG
PropertyValue
HeadwordFAG
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters3
Frequency rank#59,622
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „FAG“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).FAGfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Fahrzeugführer“ (#59,623), „exzentrischen“ (#59,620), „faltet“ (#59,624). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „FAG“ bei #59,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

FAG is uncommon German at frequency #59,622 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for FAG in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is FAG, spelled F-A-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fernmeldeanlagengesetz
  2. 2
    Finanzausgleichsgesetz

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Das FAG stammte, abgesehen von einigen relativ wenig bedeutenden strafrechtlichen Nebenbestimmungen, noch aus der Weimarer Republik, aus dem Jahr 1928.“
  2. „Wesentliche Bestimmung dieses Gesetzes [des preußischen Ausführungsgesetzes (prAG) zum FAG] war die Änderung der Rechtslage von 1923 dahingehend, dass von dem nach § 38 FAG von 1925 dem Lande zustehenden Anteil an der Umsatzsteuer für den Zeitraum ab 1. Oktober 1925 die Kommunen und die Landkreise 55% erhielten.“

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 "FAG"?
"FAG" is spelled F-A-G.
What does "FAG" mean?
As an abbreviation, "FAG" means: Fernmeldeanlagengesetz
What language does "FAG" come from?
"FAG" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

FCs#59,632ERR#59,609DAU#59,560KWG#59,823

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list