flächig

[ˈflɛçɪç]

/[ˈflɛçɪç]/ adj

The verdict

“flächig” is uncommon German (frequency #90,261 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,261
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - über eine bestimmte Fläche ausgebreitet/ausbreitend

Corpus desk

Index DE-flachig · flächig · German

flächig · rank #90,261 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,261
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH flutscht

Nearest frequency peer: flutscht (-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 „flächig“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for flächig
PropertyValue
Headwordflächig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈflɛçɪç]
Letters7
Frequency rank#90,261
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „flächig“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „flutscht“ (#90,260), „Flüchtlingskindern“ (#90,262), „Flugzeugunglück“ (#90,259). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „flächig“ bei #90,261. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flächig is uncommon German at frequency #90,261 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈflɛçɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "über eine bestimmte Fläche ausgebreitet/ausbreitend".

No misspelling variants are generated for flächig in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 flächig, spelled F-L-Ä-C-H-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    über eine bestimmte Fläche ausgebreitet/ausbreitend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how flächig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Grundform der Tragelemente kann dabei eindimensional stabförmig oder zweidimensional flächig sein.“
  2. „Die flächigsten Bilder Picassos entstanden zur gleichen Zeit, als er auch seine kugeligsten malte, er hatte damals 2 extreme Ideale: die leerste Ebene und den aufgeschwelltesten Körper, […]“

Antonyms

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 "flächig"?
"flächig" is spelled F-L-Ä-C-H-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈflɛçɪç].
What does "flächig" mean?
As an adjective, "flächig" means: über eine bestimmte Fläche ausgebreitet/ausbreitend
How do you pronounce "flächig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flächig" is [ˈflɛçɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flächig" come from?
"flächig" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list