famose

[faˈmoːzə]

/[faˈmoːzə]/ adj

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The verdict

“famose” is uncommon German (frequency #75,618 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,618
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-famose · famose · German

famose · rank #75,618 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,618
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fahrschüler

Nearest frequency peer: Fahrschüler (-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 „famose“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for famose
PropertyValue
Headwordfamose
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[faˈmoːzə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#75,618
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „famose“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).famosefällt 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: „Fahrschüler“ (#75,617), „facial“ (#75,616), „farbigem“ (#75,620). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „famose“ bei #75,618. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

famose is uncommon German at frequency #75,618 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [faˈmoːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for famose, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is famose, spelled F-A-M-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs famos
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs famos
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs famos
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs famos
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs famos
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs famos
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs famos
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs famos
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs famos

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 "famose"?
"famose" is spelled F-A-M-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [faˈmoːzə].
What does "famose" mean?
As an adjective, "famose" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs famos
How do you pronounce "famose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "famose" is [faˈmoːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "famose" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

facial#75,616feiges#75,625flinke#75,644folder#75,647

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list