Fahrzeugführer
[ˈfaːɐ̯t͡sɔɪ̯kˌfyːʁɐ]
The verdict
“Fahrzeugführer” is uncommon German (frequency #59,623 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,623
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, die ein Gerät zur Fortbewegung (zum Beispiel ein Fahrrad oder Auto) bewusst lenkt oder steuert
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fahrzeugführer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaːɐ̯t͡sɔɪ̯kˌfyːʁɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #59,623 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fahrzeugführer” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Fahrzeugführer is uncommon German at frequency #59,623 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaːɐ̯t͡sɔɪ̯kˌfyːʁɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die ein Gerät zur Fortbewegung (zum Beispiel ein Fahrrad oder Auto) bewusst lenkt oder steuert".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Fahrzeugführer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Fahrzeugführer, spelled F-A-H-R-Z-E-U-G-F-Ü-H-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die ein Gerät zur Fortbewegung (zum Beispiel ein Fahrrad oder Auto) bewusst lenkt oder steuert
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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.
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Using “Fahrzeugführer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-A-H-R-Z-E-U-G-F-Ü-H-R-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.