fenugreek

[ˈfɛnjʊˌɡɹiːk]

/[ˈfɛnjʊˌɡɹiːk]/ noun

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The verdict

“fenugreek” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bockshornklee (Pflanze)

Corpus desk

Index DE-fenugreek · fenugreek · German

fenugreek · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for fenugreek
PropertyValue
Headwordfenugreek
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɛnjʊˌɡɹiːk]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fenugreek” sits in German frequency

fenugreek falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fenugreek is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛnjʊˌɡɹiːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fenugreek, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is fenugreek, spelled F-E-N-U-G-R-E-E-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bockshornklee (Pflanze)
  2. 2
    Bockshornkleesamen (Samen)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fenugreek"?
"fenugreek" is spelled F-E-N-U-G-R-E-E-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛnjʊˌɡɹiːk].
What does "fenugreek" mean?
As a noun, "fenugreek" means: Bockshornklee (Pflanze)
How do you pronounce "fenugreek"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fenugreek" is [ˈfɛnjʊˌɡɹiːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fenugreek" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list