Farbige

Name: Farbige, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈfaʁbɪɡə]

/[ˈfaʁbɪɡə]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Farbige” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,084. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,084
frequency rank, German: 3,474
“F” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die einer Bevölkerungsgruppe angehört, deren Haut stark pigmentiert ist, im Gegensatz zum gering pigmentierten Menschentyp, der für Europa, Nordafrika und das westliche Asien char...

Corpus desk

Index DE-farbige · Farbige · German

Farbige · rank #15,084 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

FREQ-MID #15,084
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 3,474
PHOTO-FINISH falk

Nearest frequency peer: falk (-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.

erzwingen

84,920
Facharzt

84,919
falk

84,918
Farbige

84,917
Filmemacher

84,916
fine

84,915

What this shows „Farbige“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Farbige vs fertige

57% similar

Farbige vs farbigen

75% similar

Farbige vs Farbiger

88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Farbige
Property	Value
Headword	Farbige
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈfaʁbɪɡə]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#15,084
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	7
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Farbige“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Farbigeliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#15,084

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „falk“ (#15,083), „Filmemacher“ (#15,085), „Facharzt“ (#15,082). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Farbige“ bei #15,084. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Farbige (IPA [ˈfaʁbɪɡə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,084 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Farbige, with forms such as "afrbige", "fabrige", and "farbbige". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "fertige", "farbigen", "Farbiger", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 Farbige, spelled F-A-R-B-I-G-E.

Definition

1
weibliche Person, die einer Bevölkerungsgruppe angehört, deren Haut stark pigmentiert ist, im Gegensatz zum gering pigmentierten Menschentyp, der für Europa, Nordafrika und das westliche Asien charakteristisch ist
2
Angehörige der vorwiegend aus Mischlingen bestehenden und Afrikaans sprechenden Bevölkerungsgruppe in Südafrika

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

„Ihre abgeklärte Schreibe ist für NDiaye ein Werkzeug geworden, um ihre Situation als Schriftstellerin und als Farbige besser zum Ausdruck zu bringen.“
„Er war, wie er mir im Vertrauen mitteilte, entsetzt bei dem Gedanken, daß ich eine Farbige als meine Sekretärin angestellt hatte.“

Synonyms

Schwarze Negerin

Antonyms

Weiße

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

afrbige
fabrige
farbbige
farbgie
farbieg
farbigge
faribge
farrbige
ffarbige
frabige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Farbige - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "Farbige"

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 "Farbige"?

"Farbige" is spelled F-A-R-B-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaʁbɪɡə].

What does "Farbige" mean?

As a noun, "Farbige" means: weibliche Person, die einer Bevölkerungsgruppe angehört, deren Haut stark pigmentiert ist, im Gegensatz zum gering pigmentierten Menschentyp, der für Europa, Nordafrika und das westliche Asien char...

What words are commonly confused with "Farbige"?

"Farbige" is commonly confused with "fertige", "farbigen", "Farbiger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Farbige"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Farbige" is [ˈfaʁbɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Farbige" come from?

"Farbige" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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