Faun
[faʊ̯n]
The verdict
“Faun” is uncommon German (frequency #63,300 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,300
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - altrömischer Waldgeist oder Gott des Waldes, der gehörnt und bocksfüßig dargestellt wird und in Literatur und Kunst als Symbol der hemmungslosen sexuellen Triebhaftigkeit dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-faun · Faun · German
Faun · rank #63,300 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,300
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH faschistischer
Nearest frequency peer: faschistischer (-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 „Faun“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Familientag
Familientag
36,705 corpus weight
- faschistisc…
faschistischer
36,702 corpus weight
- Faun
Faun
36,701 corpus weight
- fehlerfreien
fehlerfreien
36,700 corpus weight
- Feindin
Feindin
36,699 corpus weight
- Fellen
Fellen
36,698 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Faun“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Faun |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [faʊ̯n] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #63,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Faun“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Faun is uncommon German at frequency #63,300 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [faʊ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Faun in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Faun, spelled F-A-U-N.
Definition
- 1altrömischer Waldgeist oder Gott des Waldes, der gehörnt und bocksfüßig dargestellt wird und in Literatur und Kunst als Symbol der hemmungslosen sexuellen Triebhaftigkeit dient
- 2Mensch, der sehr lüstern ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Faun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Faun ist das römische Pendent zu Pan.
„Seine Gemahlin hieß Fatua oder Fauna, und sie gebar ihm das mißgebildete, zottelhaarige, ziegenfüßige Geschlecht der Faunen, Halbgötter mit Bockshörnern und braunen Nasen, welche in den Wäldern wohnten, diese mit Geschrei erfüllten, und ein Schrecken aller Nymphen und Erdentöchter waren.“
Synonyms
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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