Fischgräte
[ˈfɪʃˌɡʁɛːtə]
The verdict
“Fischgräte” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - knöcherner, häufig gegabelter Faden oder dünner Stab im Muskelfleisch vieler Knochenfische, umgangssprachlich auch: Rippe eines Knochenfischs
Corpus desk
Index DE-fischgrate · Fischgräte · German
Fischgräte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fischgräte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɪʃˌɡʁɛːtə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fischgräte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fischgräte is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɪʃˌɡʁɛːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "knöcherner, häufig gegabelter Faden oder dünner Stab im Muskelfleisch vieler Knochenfische, umgangssprachlich auch: Rippe eines Knochenfischs".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Fischgräte, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Fischgräte, spelled F-I-S-C-H-G-R-Ä-T-E.
Definition
- 1knöcherner, häufig gegabelter Faden oder dünner Stab im Muskelfleisch vieler Knochenfische, umgangssprachlich auch: Rippe eines Knochenfischs
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.