Fahrweg

[ˈfaːɐ̯ˌveːk]

/[ˈfaːɐ̯ˌveːk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Fahrweg” is uncommon German (frequency #65,190 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,190
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-fahrweg · Fahrweg · German

Fahrweg · rank #65,190 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,190
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH fahrbaren

Nearest frequency peer: fahrbaren (-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 „Fahrweg“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fahrweg
PropertyValue
HeadwordFahrweg
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfaːɐ̯ˌveːk]
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,190
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Fahrweg“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Fahrwegfällt 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: „fahrbaren“ (#65,189), „fanatisch“ (#65,192), „experimentelles“ (#65,187). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Fahrweg“ bei #65,190. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fahrweg is uncommon German at frequency #65,190 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaːɐ̯ˌveːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Fahrweg has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Fahrweg, spelled F-A-H-R-W-E-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    befahrbarer Weg
  2. 2
    Entfernung/Strecke, die gefahren wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Es würde wohl noch eine Zeitlang dauern, bis die Bombentrichter auf dem Fahrweg beseitigt und der Verkehr auf Rädern auch hier vorbeirollen würde.“
  2. „Dem Moskauer Arzt, einem Deutschen, der jeden Augenblick erwartet wurde, waren Relaispferde auf der großen Landstrasse entgegengeschickt worden, und an der Stelle, wo von der Landstrasse der Fahrweg nach Lysyja Gory abbog, waren Berittene mit Laternen aufgestellt worden, um den Schlitten über die schwieriger zu passierenden Stellen, Wasserlöcher und Uneb…

This word in other languages

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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 "Fahrweg"?
"Fahrweg" is spelled F-A-H-R-W-E-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaːɐ̯ˌveːk].
What does "Fahrweg" mean?
As a noun, "Fahrweg" means: befahrbarer Weg
How do you pronounce "Fahrweg"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fahrweg" is [ˈfaːɐ̯ˌveːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fahrweg" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list