faktischer

[ˈfaktɪʃɐ]

/[ˈfaktɪʃɐ]/ adj

The verdict

“faktischer” is uncommon German (frequency #99,763 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,763
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs faktisch

Corpus desk

Index DE-faktischer · faktischer · German

faktischer · rank #99,763 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,763
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fahrtrichtung…

Nearest frequency peer: Fahrtrichtungen (-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 „faktischer“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for faktischer
PropertyValue
Headwordfaktischer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈfaktɪʃɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#99,763
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „faktischer“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).faktischerfällt 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: „Fahrtrichtungen“ (#99,762), „Falschparken“ (#99,765), „Fahrgefühl“ (#99,760). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „faktischer“ bei #99,763. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

faktischer is uncommon German at frequency #99,763 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfaktɪʃɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

faktischer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 faktischer, spelled F-A-K-T-I-S-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs faktisch
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs faktisch
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs faktisch
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs faktisch
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs faktisch

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 "faktischer"?
"faktischer" is spelled F-A-K-T-I-S-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaktɪʃɐ].
What does "faktischer" mean?
As an adjective, "faktischer" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs faktisch
How do you pronounce "faktischer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faktischer" is [ˈfaktɪʃɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list