Fahrrad
[ˈfaːɐ̯ˌʁaːt]
The verdict
“Fahrrad” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,714 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,714
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - durch das Treten von Pedalen angetriebenes Fahrzeug mit zwei in einer Spur hintereinander angebrachten Rädern
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fahrrad |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaːɐ̯ˌʁaːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fahrrad” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Fahrrad is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfaːɐ̯ˌʁaːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,714 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "durch das Treten von Pedalen angetriebenes Fahrzeug mit zwei in einer Spur hintereinander angebrachten Rädern".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fahrrad, with forms such as "afhrrad", "fahhrrad", and "fahrad". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Fahrräder", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Fahrrad, spelled F-A-H-R-R-A-D.
Definition
- 1durch das Treten von Pedalen angetriebenes Fahrzeug mit zwei in einer Spur hintereinander angebrachten Rädern
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: afhrrad,fahhrrad,fahrad,fahrard,fahrradd,fahrrda,farhrad,ffahrrad,fharrad
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fahrrad - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Fahrrad”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-A-H-R-R-A-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfaːɐ̯ˌʁaːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Fahrräder” - see the side-by-side comparison. Fahrrad vs Fahrräder
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.