Farn

[faʁn]

/[faʁn]/ noun

The verdict

“Farn” is uncommon German (frequency #61,488 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,488
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vertreter einer arten- und formenreichen Gruppe sporenbildender Gefäßpflanzen, oft mit gefiederten Blättern

Corpus desk

Index DE-farn · Farn · German

Farn · rank #61,488 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,488
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Farbtöne

Nearest frequency peer: Farbtöne (-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 „Farn“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Farn
PropertyValue
HeadwordFarn
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[faʁn]
Letters4
Frequency rank#61,488
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Farn“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Farnfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Farbtöne“ (#61,487), „Familienministerin“ (#61,486), „feinere“ (#61,490). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Farn“ bei #61,488. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Farn is uncommon German at frequency #61,488 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [faʁn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vertreter einer arten- und formenreichen Gruppe sporenbildender Gefäßpflanzen, oft mit gefiederten Blättern".

Farn has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Farn, spelled F-A-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vertreter einer arten- und formenreichen Gruppe sporenbildender Gefäßpflanzen, oft mit gefiederten Blättern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Abgesehen von dem ein oder anderen Farn war der Waldboden nahezu kahl.
  2. Farne werden hauptsächlich als Zierpflanzen, aber nur wenig als Heilpflanzen oder als Nahrungsmittel genutzt.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Farn"?
"Farn" is spelled F-A-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [faʁn].
What does "Farn" mean?
As a noun, "Farn" means: Vertreter einer arten- und formenreichen Gruppe sporenbildender Gefäßpflanzen, oft mit gefiederten Blättern
How do you pronounce "Farn"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Farn" is [faʁn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Farn" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list