Fingerabdrücken
[ˈfɪŋɐʔapdʁʏkŋ̍]
The verdict
“Fingerabdrücken” is uncommon German (frequency #76,773 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,773
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Fingerabdruck
Corpus desk
Index DE-fingerabdrucken · Fingerabdrücken · German
Fingerabdrücken · rank #76,773 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,773
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH Finanzplatz
Nearest frequency peer: Finanzplatz (-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 “Fingerabdrücken”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- finanziellem
finanziellem
23,230 corpus weight
- Finanzplatz
Finanzplatz
23,229 corpus weight
- Fingerabdrü…
Fingerabdrücken
23,228 corpus weight
- Fitschen
Fitschen
23,227 corpus weight
- Fjorde
Fjorde
23,226 corpus weight
- Flaschenöff…
Flaschenöffner
23,225 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Fingerabdrücken” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fingerabdrücken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɪŋɐʔapdʁʏkŋ̍] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #76,773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fingerabdrücken” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Fingerabdrücken is uncommon German at frequency #76,773 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɪŋɐʔapdʁʏkŋ̍]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Fingerabdruck".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Fingerabdrücken, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Fingerabdrücken, spelled F-I-N-G-E-R-A-B-D-R-Ü-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Fingerabdruck
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Fingerabdrücken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 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.