Fisch

/[fɪʃ]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,654

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Fisch is aGermannoun. It means: Tier, das unter Wasser lebt und durch Kiemen atmet Pronounced [fɪʃ]. It ranks #3,654 in German word frequency. Often confused with fish and fist.

Key facts for Fisch
PropertyValue
HeadwordFisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɪʃ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,654
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Fisch in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Fisch is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,654 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Fisch, with forms such as "ffisch", "ficsh", and "fiscch". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fish", "fist", "flach", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Fisch, spelled F-I-S-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tier, das unter Wasser lebt und durch Kiemen atmet
  2. 2
    Fleisch von [1] als Lebensmittel
  3. 3
    zwölftes Sternbild auf der Ekliptik (Tierkreiszeichen) – üblich ist hier der Gebrauch des Plurals die Fische – oder ein in diesem Sternbild Geborener (hier auch Singular)

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffisch,ficsh,fiscch,fischh,fishc,fissch,fsich,ifsch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Fisch

Misspelling Variants of "Fisch"

ffisch6ficsh5fiscch6fischh6fishc5fissch6fsich5ifsch5
Misspelling Variants of "Fisch"

Frequency rank: #3,654 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Fisch"?
"Fisch" is spelled F-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [fɪʃ].
What does "Fisch" mean?
As a noun, "Fisch" means: Tier, das unter Wasser lebt und durch Kiemen atmet
What words are commonly confused with "Fisch"?
"Fisch" is commonly confused with "fish", "fist", "flach". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Fisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fisch" is [fɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fisch" come from?
"Fisch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.