Feldforschung
[ˈfɛltˌfɔʁʃʊŋ]
The verdict
“Feldforschung” is uncommon German (frequency #79,146 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,146
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - wirklichkeitsgetreue, wissenschaftliche Forschung unter alltäglichen Bedingungen vor Ort
Corpus desk
Index DE-feldforschung · Feldforschung · German
Feldforschung · rank #79,146 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,146
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH feinstem
Nearest frequency peer: feinstem (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Feldforschung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Fatwa
Fatwa
20,858 corpus weight
- feinstem
feinstem
20,856 corpus weight
- Feldforschu…
Feldforschung
20,855 corpus weight
- Feldstärke
Feldstärke
20,854 corpus weight
- Fentanyl
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20,853 corpus weight
- Ferienort
Ferienort
20,852 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Feldforschung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Feldforschung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛltˌfɔʁʃʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #79,146 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Feldforschung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Feldforschung is uncommon German at frequency #79,146 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛltˌfɔʁʃʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wirklichkeitsgetreue, wissenschaftliche Forschung unter alltäglichen Bedingungen vor Ort".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Feldforschung, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Feldforschung, spelled F-E-L-D-F-O-R-S-C-H-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1wirklichkeitsgetreue, wissenschaftliche Forschung unter alltäglichen Bedingungen vor Ort
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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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Feldforschung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.