Festgenommene
[ˈfɛstɡəˌnɔmənə]
The verdict
“Festgenommene” is uncommon German (frequency #74,556 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,556
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs Festgenommener
Corpus desk
Index DE-festgenommene · Festgenommene · German
Festgenommene · rank #74,556 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,556
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH Fertiggerichte
Nearest frequency peer: Fertiggerichte (-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 “Festgenommene”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fanfiction
fanfiction
25,448 corpus weight
- felicity
felicity
25,447 corpus weight
- Fertiggeric…
Fertiggerichte
25,446 corpus weight
- Festgenomme…
Festgenommene
25,445 corpus weight
- Festumzug
Festumzug
25,444 corpus weight
- Feuerschutz
Feuerschutz
25,443 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Festgenommene” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Festgenommene |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛstɡəˌnɔmənə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #74,556 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Festgenommene” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Festgenommene is uncommon German at frequency #74,556 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛstɡəˌnɔmənə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Festgenommene has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Festgenommene, spelled F-E-S-T-G-E-N-O-M-M-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs Festgenommener
- 2Nominativ Plural der starken Deklination des Substantivs Festgenommener
- 3Akkusativ Plural der starken Deklination des Substantivs Festgenommener
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Festgenommene", 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.