Faksimile
[fakˈziːmile]
The verdict
“Faksimile” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #49,652 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #49,652
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - genaue Nachbildung einer Schrift, eines Buches oder einer Zeichnung meist mittels fotografischer Reproduktionsverfahren
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Faksimile |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fakˈziːmile] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #49,652 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Faksimile” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Faksimile is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fakˈziːmile]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,652 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "genaue Nachbildung einer Schrift, eines Buches oder einer Zeichnung meist mittels fotografischer Reproduktionsverfahren".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Faksimile, with forms such as "afksimile", "fakismile", and "fakksimile". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Faksimile, spelled F-A-K-S-I-M-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1genaue Nachbildung einer Schrift, eines Buches oder einer Zeichnung meist mittels fotografischer Reproduktionsverfahren
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: afksimile,fakismile,fakksimile,faksiimle,faksimiel,faksimille,faksimlie,faksimmile,faksmiile,fakssimile,faskimile,ffaksimile,fkasimile
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Faksimile - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Faksimile”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-A-K-S-I-M-I-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fakˈziːmile] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.