Ficus
[ˈfiːkʊs]
The verdict
“Ficus” is uncommon German (frequency #79,154 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,154
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gattung immergrüner und laubabwerfender Pflanzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ficus · Ficus · German
Ficus · rank #79,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,154
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH Feuerprobe
Nearest frequency peer: Feuerprobe (-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 “Ficus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- festgelegter
festgelegter
20,850 corpus weight
- festhalte
festhalte
20,849 corpus weight
- Feuerprobe
Feuerprobe
20,848 corpus weight
- Ficus
Ficus
20,847 corpus weight
- Filterkaffee
Filterkaffee
20,846 corpus weight
- Fischbrötch…
Fischbrötchen
20,845 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ficus” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ficus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfiːkʊs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ficus” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ficus is uncommon German at frequency #79,154 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfiːkʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gattung immergrüner und laubabwerfender Pflanzen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Ficus in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ficus, spelled F-I-C-U-S.
Definition
- 1Gattung immergrüner und laubabwerfender Pflanzen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 "Ficus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 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.