Flasche

/[ˈflaʃə]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,186

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Flasche is aGermannoun. It means: ein Gefäß zur Aufbewahrung und zum Transport von Flüssigkeiten oder auch Gasen mit charakteristischer bauchiger, zylindrischer, quaderförmiger oder ähnlicher Form (mit Hals) aus verschiedenem Mater... Pronounced [ˈflaʃə]. It ranks #3,186 in German word frequency. Often confused with flash and Frische.

Key facts for Flasche
PropertyValue
HeadwordFlasche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈflaʃə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,186
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Flasche is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈflaʃə]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,186 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Flasche, with forms such as "falsche", "fflasche", and "flacshe". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "flash", "Frische", "Frösche", 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 Flasche, spelled F-L-A-S-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Gefäß zur Aufbewahrung und zum Transport von Flüssigkeiten oder auch Gasen mit charakteristischer bauchiger, zylindrischer, quaderförmiger oder ähnlicher Form (mit Hals) aus verschiedenem Material wie Glas, Plastik, Metall, Keramik
  2. 2
    für Versager oder Versagerin
  3. 3
    ein härterer Schlag mit der flachen Hand ins Gesicht; im Singular wird teilweise noch ein „n“ angehängt: die Flasche(n), der Flasche(n), etc.
  4. 4
    Teil eines Flaschenzugs

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: falsche,fflasche,flacshe,flascche,flasceh,flaschhe,flashce,flassche,fllasche,flsache,lfasche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Flasche

Misspelling Variants of "Flasche"

falsche7fflasche8flacshe7flascche8flasceh7flaschhe8flashce7flassche8
Misspelling Variants of "Flasche"

Frequency rank: #3,186 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Flasche"?
"Flasche" is spelled F-L-A-S-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈflaʃə].
What does "Flasche" mean?
As a noun, "Flasche" means: ein Gefäß zur Aufbewahrung und zum Transport von Flüssigkeiten oder auch Gasen mit charakteristischer bauchiger, zylindrischer, quaderförmiger oder ähnlicher Form (mit Hals) aus verschiedenem Mater...
What words are commonly confused with "Flasche"?
"Flasche" is commonly confused with "flash", "Frische", "Frösche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Flasche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Flasche" is [ˈflaʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Flasche" come from?
"Flasche" 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.