Flucht

/[flʊxt]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,392

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

Flucht is aGermannoun. It means: rasches Entfliehen von einer Sache, die Gefahr oder Unglück verheißt Pronounced [flʊxt]. It ranks #2,392 in German word frequency. Often confused with Flut and Fuchs.

Key facts for Flucht
PropertyValue
HeadwordFlucht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[flʊxt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,392
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Flucht is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [flʊxt]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,392 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Flucht, with forms such as "fflucht", "flcuht", and "fllucht". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Flut", "Fuchs", "Furcht", 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 Flucht, spelled F-L-U-C-H-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    rasches Entfliehen von einer Sache, die Gefahr oder Unglück verheißt
  2. 2
    das Befreien von einem Zwang oder einer negativen Situation

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fflucht,flcuht,fllucht,fluccht,fluchht,fluchtt,flucth,fluhct,fulcht,lfucht

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Flucht

Misspelling Variants of "Flucht"

fflucht7flcuht6fllucht7fluccht7fluchht7fluchtt7flucth6fluhct6
Misspelling Variants of "Flucht"

Frequency rank: #2,392 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Flucht"?
"Flucht" is spelled F-L-U-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [flʊxt].
What does "Flucht" mean?
As a noun, "Flucht" means: rasches Entfliehen von einer Sache, die Gefahr oder Unglück verheißt
What words are commonly confused with "Flucht"?
"Flucht" is commonly confused with "Flut", "Fuchs", "Furcht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Flucht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Flucht" is [flʊxt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Flucht" come from?
"Flucht" 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.