Fluggast

[ˈfluːkˌɡast]

/[ˈfluːkˌɡast]/ noun

The verdict

“Fluggast” is uncommon German (frequency #79,162 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,162
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die eine Reise mit einem Flugzeug unternimmt

Corpus desk

Index DE-fluggast · Fluggast · German

Fluggast · rank #79,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,162
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH florale

Nearest frequency peer: florale (-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 „Fluggast“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fluggast“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fluggast
PropertyValue
HeadwordFluggast
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfluːkˌɡast]
Letters8
Frequency rank#79,162
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Fluggast“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Fluggastfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „florale“ (#79,161), „Footballspieler“ (#79,163), „flirte“ (#79,160). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Fluggast“ bei #79,162. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fluggast is uncommon German at frequency #79,162 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfluːkˌɡast]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die eine Reise mit einem Flugzeug unternimmt".

Fluggast doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Fluggast, spelled F-L-U-G-G-A-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die eine Reise mit einem Flugzeug unternimmt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Fluggast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Stewardess bot dem Fluggast etwas zu trinken an.
  2. „Dort hatten sich die Fluggäste in zwei Gruppen geteilt; die einen fuhren zum Feiern nach Tel Aviv, die anderen fuhren zum Beten nach Jerusalem.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Fluggast"?
"Fluggast" is spelled F-L-U-G-G-A-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfluːkˌɡast].
What does "Fluggast" mean?
As a noun, "Fluggast" means: Person, die eine Reise mit einem Flugzeug unternimmt
How do you pronounce "Fluggast"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fluggast" is [ˈfluːkˌɡast]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fluggast" come from?
"Fluggast" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Fluggast", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list