feuerfest
[ˈfɔɪ̯ɐˌfɛst]
The verdict
“feuerfest” is uncommon German (frequency #99,785 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,785
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unempfindlich gegen die Auswirkungen von Feuer
Corpus desk
Index DE-feuerfest · feuerfest · German
feuerfest · rank #99,785 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,785
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Feuchtwangen
Nearest frequency peer: Feuchtwangen (-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 „feuerfest“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- fettiges
fettiges
219 corpus weight
- fetzige
fetzige
218 corpus weight
- Feuchtwangen
Feuchtwangen
217 corpus weight
- feuerfest
feuerfest
216 corpus weight
- figura
figura
214 corpus weight
- Figurenthea…
Figurentheater
213 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „feuerfest“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | feuerfest |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfɔɪ̯ɐˌfɛst] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #99,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „feuerfest“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
feuerfest is uncommon German at frequency #99,785 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfɔɪ̯ɐˌfɛst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unempfindlich gegen die Auswirkungen von Feuer".
Zero misspellings are on record for feuerfest in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is feuerfest, spelled F-E-U-E-R-F-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1unempfindlich gegen die Auswirkungen von Feuer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how feuerfest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die wichtigen Firmenunterlagen werden in einem feuerfesten Tresor aufbewahrt.
„Über ihm, in dem Haus, zu dem der Pool gehört, ist Licht angegangen, und Kinder sehen aus ihren Schlafzimmerfenstern zu ihm herunter, warm und kuschelig in ihren Li'l Crips und Ninja-Krieger-Pyjamas, die entweder feuerfest oder nichtkrebserzeugend sein können, aber nicht beides zusammen.“
Synonyms
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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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