festlicher

[ˈfɛstlɪçɐ]

/[ˈfɛstlɪçɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“festlicher” is uncommon German (frequency #80,350 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,350
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-festlicher · festlicher · German

festlicher · rank #80,350 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,350
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fernzüge

Nearest frequency peer: Fernzüge (-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 „festlicher“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „festlicher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for festlicher
PropertyValue
Headwordfestlicher
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈfɛstlɪçɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,350
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „festlicher“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).festlicherfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Fernzüge“ (#80,349), „feuerrot“ (#80,351), „Felswänden“ (#80,348). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „festlicher“ bei #80,350. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

festlicher is uncommon German at frequency #80,350 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfɛstlɪçɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for festlicher in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is festlicher, spelled F-E-S-T-L-I-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "festlicher"?
"festlicher" is spelled F-E-S-T-L-I-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛstlɪçɐ].
What does "festlicher" mean?
As an adjective, "festlicher" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
How do you pronounce "festlicher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "festlicher" is [ˈfɛstlɪçɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "festlicher" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "festlicher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Felswänden#80,348Filtration#80,353Fischzucht#80,358fortkommen#80,366

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list