fleckig
[ˈflɛkɪç]
The verdict
“fleckig” is uncommon German (frequency #87,694 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,694
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch mehrere Flecken verschmutzt
Corpus desk
Index DE-fleckig · fleckig · German
fleckig · rank #87,694 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,694
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH fiume
Nearest frequency peer: fiume (-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 „fleckig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- fiore
fiore
12,310 corpus weight
- Firmenchefs
Firmenchefs
12,309 corpus weight
- fiume
fiume
12,308 corpus weight
- fleckig
fleckig
12,307 corpus weight
- Flirts
Flirts
12,306 corpus weight
- Floppy
Floppy
12,305 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fleckig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fleckig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈflɛkɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fleckig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fleckig is uncommon German at frequency #87,694 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈflɛkɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
fleckig has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is fleckig, spelled F-L-E-C-K-I-G.
Definition
- 1durch mehrere Flecken verschmutzt
- 2mehrere kleine andersfarbige Stellen auf der Oberfläche aufweisend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fleckig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ihre Haube war zerknittert, der gestreifte Zitzrock fleckig, die Absätze an den Schuhen waren arg vertreten.“
„Als ihn seine Mutter ins Krankenhaus fuhr, hatte er fleckige Haut und 40 Grad Fieber.“
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.
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