Flashmob
[ˈflɛʃˌmɔp]
The verdict
“Flashmob” is uncommon German (frequency #56,118 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,118
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kurzer, scheinbar spontaner Menschenauflauf auf öffentlichen oder halböffentlichen Plätzen, bei dem sich die Teilnehmer persönlich nicht kennen, ungewöhnliche Dinge tun und sich über soziale Netzwe...
Corpus desk
Index DE-flashmob · Flashmob · German
Flashmob · rank #56,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,118
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fertigkeit
Nearest frequency peer: Fertigkeit (-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 „Flashmob“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Fertighaus
Fertighaus
43,885 corpus weight
- Fertigkeit
Fertigkeit
43,884 corpus weight
- Flashmob
Flashmob
43,883 corpus weight
- Fleischerei
Fleischerei
43,882 corpus weight
- Flexibilisi…
Flexibilisierung
43,881 corpus weight
- Fluor
Fluor
43,880 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Flashmob“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Flashmob |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflɛʃˌmɔp] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Flashmob“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Flashmob is uncommon German at frequency #56,118 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈflɛʃˌmɔp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Flashmob, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Flashmob, spelled F-L-A-S-H-M-O-B.
Definition
- 1kurzer, scheinbar spontaner Menschenauflauf auf öffentlichen oder halböffentlichen Plätzen, bei dem sich die Teilnehmer persönlich nicht kennen, ungewöhnliche Dinge tun und sich über soziale Netzwerke verabredet haben
- 2Gesamtheit der Personen, die an der scheinbar spontanen Zusammenkunft teilnehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Flashmob appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gestern habe ich einen Flashmob gesehen.
Der Flashmob traf sich am Bahnhof.
This word in other languages
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.
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