Farn
[faʁn]
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
- Falkensee
Falkensee
38,516 corpus weight
- Familienmin…
Familienministerin
38,515 corpus weight
- Farbtöne
Farbtöne
38,514 corpus weight
- Farn
Farn
38,513 corpus weight
- feinere
feinere
38,511 corpus weight
- feist
feist
38,510 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Farn“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Farn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [faʁn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Farn“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Vertreter einer arten- und formenreichen Gruppe sporenbildender Gefäßpflanzen, oft mit gefiederten Blättern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Farn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Abgesehen von dem ein oder anderen Farn war der Waldboden nahezu kahl.
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.
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