Familien

[faˈmiːli̯ən]

/[faˈmiːli̯ən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Familien” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,448. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,448
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Familie

Corpus desk

Index DE-familien · Familien · German

Familien · rank #1,448 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,448
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH et

Nearest frequency peer: et (-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 „Familien“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Familien“ 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).

Familien vs Familie
88% similar
Familien vs familiär
63% similar
Familien vs Fäkalien
63% similar

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

Key facts for Familien
PropertyValue
HeadwordFamilien
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[faˈmiːli̯ən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,448
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Familien“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Familienliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „et“ (#1,447), „Geburtstag“ (#1,449), „Düsseldorf“ (#1,446). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Familien“ bei #1,448. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Familien (IPA [faˈmiːli̯ən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,448 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 Familien, with forms such as "afmilien", "faimlien", and "famiilen". 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", "familiär", "Fäkalien", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Familien, spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Familie
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Familie
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Familie
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Familie

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afmilien
  • faimlien
  • famiilen
  • familein
  • familienn
  • familine
  • famillien
  • famliien
  • fammilien
  • ffamilien
  • fmailien

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Familien - 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.

afmilien2faimlien2famiilen2familein2familienn1familine2famillien1famliien2
Edit distance from "Familien"

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 "Familien"?
"Familien" is spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [faˈmiːli̯ən].
What does "Familien" mean?
As a noun, "Familien" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Familie
What words are commonly confused with "Familien"?
"Familien" is commonly confused with "Familie", "familiär", "Fäkalien". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Familien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Familien" is [faˈmiːli̯ən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Familien" come from?
"Familien" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

weltweit#1,439Umgebung#1,437Sekunden#1,433Wolfgang#1,464

Similar misspelling depth

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

Wünsche11 variantsenthält11 variantsZustand11 variantstrinken11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list