Familie
[faˈmiːli̯ə]
The verdict
“Familie” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #344 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #344
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kleinste Zelle der jeweiligen Gesellschaft
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Familie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [faˈmiːli̯ə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Familie” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Familie is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [faˈmiːli̯ə]. Corpus data places it at rank #344 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Familie, with forms such as "afmilie", "faimlie", and "famiile". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "family", "Familien", "familiär", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Familie, spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-E.
Definition
- 1kleinste Zelle der jeweiligen Gesellschaft
- 2Eltern und Kinder (Kernfamilie)
- 3Großeltern, deren Kinder und Enkel
- 4Partnern mit Nachwuchs
- 5nach bestimmten Kriterien oder Merkmalen
- 6hierarchische Ebene zwischen Ordnung und Gattung
- 7Gruppe von Sprachen gleicher Herkunft
- 8Gruppe von Elementen mit gemeinsamer Eigenschaft: von einer Funktion erzeugte Gruppe (= Menge) von Elementen (die auch selbst Mengen sein können)
- 9Gruppe einander räumlich naher Asteroiden auf ähnlichen Bahnen
Synonyms
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This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: afmilie,faimlie,famiile,familei,famillie,famliie,fammilie,ffamilie,fmailie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Familie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Familie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-A-M-I-L-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [faˈmiːli̯ə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “family” - see the side-by-side comparison. Familie vs family
- 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.