Flüchtlingsproblem
[ˈflʏçtlɪŋspʁoˌbleːm]
The verdict
“Flüchtlingsproblem” is uncommon German (frequency #99,801 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,801
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gesamtheit aller Ursachen und Folgeerscheinungen, die Leute zu Flüchtlingen werden lassen beziehungsweise entstehen, wenn Menschen fliehen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Flüchtlingsproblem |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflʏçtlɪŋspʁoˌbleːm] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #99,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Flüchtlingsproblem” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Flüchtlingsproblem is uncommon German at frequency #99,801 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈflʏçtlɪŋspʁoˌbleːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesamtheit aller Ursachen und Folgeerscheinungen, die Leute zu Flüchtlingen werden lassen beziehungsweise entstehen, wenn Menschen fliehen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Flüchtlingsproblem, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Flüchtlingsproblem, spelled F-L-Ü-C-H-T-L-I-N-G-S-P-R-O-B-L-E-M.
Definition
- 1Gesamtheit aller Ursachen und Folgeerscheinungen, die Leute zu Flüchtlingen werden lassen beziehungsweise entstehen, wenn Menschen fliehen
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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- The one correct German spelling is F-L-Ü-C-H-T-L-I-N-G-S-P-R-O-B-L-E-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.