Findling
[ˈfɪntlɪŋ]
The verdict
“Findling” is an uncommon German word, ranked #74,562 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #74,562
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Felsblock ab einem Kubikmeter Volumen, der durch einen Gletscher transportiert wurde
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Findling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɪntlɪŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,562 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Findling” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Findling is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɪntlɪŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #74,562 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Findling, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Findling, spelled F-I-N-D-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Felsblock ab einem Kubikmeter Volumen, der durch einen Gletscher transportiert wurde
- 2Kleinkind, das verlassen/hilflos aufgefunden wurde
- 3weiße Rebsorte, die durch Mutation aus dem Müller-Thurgau entstanden ist
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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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Using “Findling”
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- The one correct German spelling is F-I-N-D-L-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfɪntlɪŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.