Firmament
[fɪʁmaˈmɛnt]
The verdict
“Firmament” is uncommon German (frequency #69,219 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,219
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Himmel, Himmelsgewölbe
Corpus desk
Index DE-firmament · Firmament · German
Firmament · rank #69,219 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,219
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH finesse
Nearest frequency peer: finesse (-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 „Firmament“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Filmstars
Filmstars
30,785 corpus weight
- Fina
Fina
30,784 corpus weight
- finesse
finesse
30,783 corpus weight
- Firmament
Firmament
30,782 corpus weight
- flags
flags
30,781 corpus weight
- Flats
Flats
30,779 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Firmament“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Firmament |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɪʁmaˈmɛnt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,219 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Firmament“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Firmament is uncommon German at frequency #69,219 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɪʁmaˈmɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Himmel, Himmelsgewölbe".
No misspelling variants are generated for Firmament 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Firmament, spelled F-I-R-M-A-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Himmel, Himmelsgewölbe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Firmament appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hell glänzt der Stern am Firmament.
Lobt ihn im Firmamente!
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.
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