fisk

[fesɡ̊]

/[fesɡ̊]/ noun

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The verdict

“fisk” is uncommon German (frequency #95,555 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,555
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fisch

Corpus desk

Index DE-fisk · fisk · German

fisk · rank #95,555 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,555
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH flankierenden

Nearest frequency peer: flankierenden (+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 „fisk“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fisk“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fisk
PropertyValue
Headwordfisk
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fesɡ̊]
Letters4
Frequency rank#95,555
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fisk“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).fiskfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „flankierenden“ (#95,556), „Finessen“ (#95,553), „Fleece“ (#95,557). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fisk“ bei #95,555. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fisk is uncommon German at frequency #95,555 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fesɡ̊]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fisk, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is fisk, spelled F-I-S-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fisch
  2. 2
    Person, die im Sternzeichen Fische geboren ist; Fisch

This word in other languages

pez(Español)poisson(Français)peixe(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fisk"?
"fisk" is spelled F-I-S-K. The IPA pronunciation is [fesɡ̊].
What does "fisk" mean?
As a noun, "fisk" means: Fisch
How do you pronounce "fisk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fisk" is [fesɡ̊]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fisk", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

enen#95,495Hete#95,714hies#95,718cade#95,379

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list