Familienforschung

[ˈfaˈmiːli̯ənˌfɔʁʃʊŋ]

/[ˈfaˈmiːli̯ənˌfɔʁʃʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Familienforschung” is uncommon German (frequency #80,338 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,338
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disziplin, die sich mit der Erforschung der Abstammung von Personen oder Personengruppen befasst

Corpus desk

Index DE-familienforschung · Familienforschung · German

Familienforschung · rank #80,338 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,338
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH faken

Nearest frequency peer: faken (-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 „Familienforschung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Familienforschung
PropertyValue
HeadwordFamilienforschung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfaˈmiːli̯ənˌfɔʁʃʊŋ]
Letters17
Frequency rank#80,338
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Familienforschung“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Familienforschungfällt 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: „faken“ (#80,337), „Familienmensch“ (#80,339), „Fahrradkette“ (#80,336). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Familienforschung“ bei #80,338. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Familienforschung is uncommon German at frequency #80,338 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaˈmiːli̯ənˌfɔʁʃʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Familienforschung in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Familienforschung, spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-E-N-F-O-R-S-C-H-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Disziplin, die sich mit der Erforschung der Abstammung von Personen oder Personengruppen befasst
  2. 2
    humanwissenschaftliche Beschäftigung mit Fragen zum Thema Familie

Synonyms

AhnenforschungGenealogieGeschlechterkundeSippenforschungSippenkunde

This word in other languages

généalogie(Français)

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 "Familienforschung"?
"Familienforschung" is spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-E-N-F-O-R-S-C-H-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaˈmiːli̯ənˌfɔʁʃʊŋ].
What does "Familienforschung" mean?
As a noun, "Familienforschung" means: Disziplin, die sich mit der Erforschung der Abstammung von Personen oder Personengruppen befasst
How do you pronounce "Familienforschung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Familienforschung" is [ˈfaˈmiːli̯ənˌfɔʁʃʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Familienforschung" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 17 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list