Findling
[ˈfɪntlɪŋ]
The verdict
“Findling” is uncommon German (frequency #74,562 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,562
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Felsblock ab einem Kubikmeter Volumen, der durch einen Gletscher transportiert wurde
Corpus desk
Index DE-findling · Findling · German
Findling · rank #74,562 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,562
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Finanzier
Nearest frequency peer: Finanzier (-2 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 „Findling“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Festumzug
Festumzug
25,444 corpus weight
- Feuerschutz
Feuerschutz
25,443 corpus weight
- Finanzier
Finanzier
25,441 corpus weight
- Findling
Findling
25,439 corpus weight
- follows
follows
25,436 corpus weight
- Fontanes
Fontanes
25,435 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Findling“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Findling“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Findling is uncommon German at frequency #74,562 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɪntlɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Findling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In ehemals vergletscherten Regionen kann man viele Findlinge finden.
„Der zwei Meter große Findling wurde mit einer Büste des Bildhauers Sigmund Mayer und einem Hakenkreuz »verziert«.“
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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