farbenfroh

[ˈfaʁbn̩ˌfʁoː]

/[ˈfaʁbn̩ˌfʁoː]/ adj

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The verdict

“farbenfroh” is uncommon German (frequency #51,295 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,295
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit vielen verschiedenen Farben

Corpus desk

Index DE-farbenfroh · farbenfroh · German

farbenfroh · rank #51,295 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,295
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fallstudien

Nearest frequency peer: Fallstudien (-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 „farbenfroh“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for farbenfroh
PropertyValue
Headwordfarbenfroh
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈfaʁbn̩ˌfʁoː]
Letters10
Frequency rank#51,295
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „farbenfroh“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.farbenfrohfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Fallstudien“ (#51,294), „farblose“ (#51,296), „Fachgebiete“ (#51,293). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „farbenfroh“ bei #51,295. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

farbenfroh is uncommon German at frequency #51,295 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfaʁbn̩ˌfʁoː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit vielen verschiedenen Farben".

farbenfroh has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 farbenfroh, spelled F-A-R-B-E-N-F-R-O-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit vielen verschiedenen Farben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how farbenfroh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Während die Männchen sehr farbenfroh gezeichnet sind, erscheinen weibliche Pfauen eher unscheinbar.
  2. Er kleidet sich gerne farbenfroh.

Synonyms

buntfarbenfreudigfarbenprächtigkunterbunt

Antonyms

einfarbigunigrau

This word in other languages

colorful(English)colorido(Español)multicolore(Français)colorido(Português)

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 "farbenfroh"?
"farbenfroh" is spelled F-A-R-B-E-N-F-R-O-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaʁbn̩ˌfʁoː].
What does "farbenfroh" mean?
As an adjective, "farbenfroh" means: mit vielen verschiedenen Farben
How do you pronounce "farbenfroh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "farbenfroh" is [ˈfaʁbn̩ˌfʁoː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "farbenfroh" come from?
"farbenfroh" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list