Fangfrage
[ˈfaŋˌfʁaːɡə]
The verdict
“Fangfrage” is uncommon German (frequency #73,464 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,464
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Frage, mit der versucht wird, auf indirektem Weg zu der erwünschten Information zu kommen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fangfrage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaŋˌfʁaːɡə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,464 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fangfrage” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Fangfrage is uncommon German at frequency #73,464 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaŋˌfʁaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Frage, mit der versucht wird, auf indirektem Weg zu der erwünschten Information zu kommen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Fangfrage in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Fangfrage, spelled F-A-N-G-F-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Frage, mit der versucht wird, auf indirektem Weg zu der erwünschten Information zu kommen
This word in other languages
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 “Fangfrage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-A-N-G-F-R-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfaŋˌfʁaːɡə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.