flüchten
[ˈflʏçtn̩]
The verdict
“flüchten” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,193. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,193
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - meist schnell und wenig vorbereitet, vor einer drohenden Gefahr oder aus einer unangenehmen Situation fliehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-fluchten · flüchten · German
flüchten · rank #9,193 · 13 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,193
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH Fluch
Nearest frequency peer: Fluch (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “flüchten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fischen
fischen
90,811 corpus weight
- Fluch
Fluch
90,809 corpus weight
- flüchten
flüchten
90,808 corpus weight
- formation
formation
90,807 corpus weight
- französisch…
französischer
90,806 corpus weight
- frisst
frisst
90,805 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “flüchten” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flüchten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈflʏçtn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flüchten” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around flüchten (IPA [ˈflʏçtn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,193 among 45,736 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for flüchten, with forms such as "fflüchten", "flcühten", and "fllüchten". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "fluten", "Früchte", "fürchten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is flüchten, spelled F-L-Ü-C-H-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1meist schnell und wenig vorbereitet, vor einer drohenden Gefahr oder aus einer unangenehmen Situation fliehen
- 2woanders Zuflucht suchen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fflüchten
- flcühten
- fllüchten
- flücchten
- flüchetn
- flüchhten
- flüchtenn
- flüchtne
- flüchtten
- flücthen
- flühcten
- fülchten
- lfüchten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flüchten - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "flüchten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.