Fanal
[faˈnaːl]
The verdict
“Fanal” is uncommon German (frequency #81,528 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,528
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Feuerzeichen, Leuchtfeuer
Corpus desk
Index DE-fanal · Fanal · German
Fanal · rank #81,528 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,528
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Falschaussagen
Nearest frequency peer: Falschaussagen (-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 „Fanal“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- experts
experts
18,479 corpus weight
- Fachjargon
Fachjargon
18,476 corpus weight
- fahrbare
fahrbare
18,475 corpus weight
- Falschaussa…
Falschaussagen
18,474 corpus weight
- Fanal
Fanal
18,473 corpus weight
- feig
feig
18,469 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fanal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fanal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [faˈnaːl] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #81,528 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fanal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fanal is uncommon German at frequency #81,528 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [faˈnaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Fanal in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Fanal, spelled F-A-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Feuerzeichen, Leuchtfeuer
- 2Zeichen, welches bevorstehende Ereignisse oder Veränderungen ankündigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fanal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei Entzünden des Fanals entstand eine intensive Flamme mit starker Rauchbildung, so dass es sowohl bei Tage als auch in der Dunkelheit als Signalgeber dienen konnte.
Dieses Ereignis ist ein Fanal für alle Menschen.
Synonyms
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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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