familiär

[ˌfamiˈli̯ɛːɐ̯]

/[ˌfamiˈli̯ɛːɐ̯]/ adj

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The verdict

“familiär” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,510. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,510
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf die Familie bezogen

Corpus desk

Index DE-familiar · familiär · German

familiär · rank #37,510 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,510
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fanboy

Nearest frequency peer: Fanboy (+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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „familiär“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „familiär“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

familiär vs Familie
63% similar
familiär vs Familien
63% similar
familiär vs familiären
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for familiär
PropertyValue
Headwordfamiliär
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌfamiˈli̯ɛːɐ̯]
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,510
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „familiär“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).familiärliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Fanboy“ (#37,511), „Faktum“ (#37,508), „fatalen“ (#37,512). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „familiär“ bei #37,510. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around familiär (IPA [ˌfamiˈli̯ɛːɐ̯]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,510 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for familiär, with forms such as "afmiliär", "faimliär", and "famiilär". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Familie", "Familien", "familiären", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is familiär, spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-Ä-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf die Familie bezogen
  2. 2
    auf Freundschaft fußend; ohne Zwang
  3. 3
    (allzu) intim, eng verbunden
  4. 4
    auf Worte oder Wendungen bezogen, die nur in einem von besonderer Vertrautheit gekennzeichneten Umfeld — also im engen Freundeskreis oder innerhalb der Familie — verwendet werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Karl hat wohl familiäre Sorgen, aber er wollte nichts Genaues sagen.
  2. „Berthold Otto ist Begründer des freien Gesamtunterrichts, den er neben dem üblichen Fachunterricht mit allen Jahrgängen seiner Schule gemeinsam in einer Stunde am Wochenende […] in Form einer familiären Unterhaltung pflegt.“

This word in other languages

family(English)familiar(Español)familial(Français)familiar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afmiliär
  • faimliär
  • famiilär
  • familirä
  • familiärr
  • familliär
  • familäir
  • famliiär
  • fammiliär
  • ffamiliär
  • fmailiär

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of familiär - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

afmiliär2faimliär2famiilär2familirä2familiärr1familliär1familäir2famliiär2
Edit distance from "familiär"

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 "familiär"?
"familiär" is spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-Ä-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌfamiˈli̯ɛːɐ̯].
What does "familiär" mean?
As an adjective, "familiär" means: auf die Familie bezogen
What words are commonly confused with "familiär"?
"familiär" is commonly confused with "Familie", "Familien", "familiären". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "familiär"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "familiär" is [ˌfamiˈli̯ɛːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "familiär" come from?
"familiär" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ersteren#37,503erstarrt#37,502Erdnüsse#37,496entlohnt#37,492

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Fidschi11 variantserlebst11 variantsgadgets11 variantsgeköpft11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list