Fliegengitter
[ˈfliːɡn̩ˌɡɪtɐ]
The verdict
“Fliegengitter” is uncommon German (frequency #85,238 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,238
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vor Fenster oder Türen angebrachtes, feinmaschiges Gitter, das Insekten aus geschlossenen Räumen fernhalten soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-fliegengitter · Fliegengitter · German
Fliegengitter · rank #85,238 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,238
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fleischwaren
Nearest frequency peer: Fleischwaren (-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 „Fliegengitter“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- fingiert
fingiert
14,768 corpus weight
- fits
fits
14,766 corpus weight
- Fleischwaren
Fleischwaren
14,764 corpus weight
- Fliegengitt…
Fliegengitter
14,763 corpus weight
- Flipflops
Flipflops
14,761 corpus weight
- flipp
flipp
14,760 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fliegengitter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fliegengitter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfliːɡn̩ˌɡɪtɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #85,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fliegengitter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fliegengitter is uncommon German at frequency #85,238 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfliːɡn̩ˌɡɪtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vor Fenster oder Türen angebrachtes, feinmaschiges Gitter, das Insekten aus geschlossenen Räumen fernhalten soll".
No misspelling variants are generated for Fliegengitter in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Fliegengitter, spelled F-L-I-E-G-E-N-G-I-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1vor Fenster oder Türen angebrachtes, feinmaschiges Gitter, das Insekten aus geschlossenen Räumen fernhalten soll
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Fliegengitter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vor dem Fenster waren Fliegengitter angebracht.
Synonyms
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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