Flugzeugunglück

[ˈfluːkt͡sɔɪ̯kˌʊnɡlʏk]

/[ˈfluːkt͡sɔɪ̯kˌʊnɡlʏk]/ noun

The verdict

“Flugzeugunglück” is uncommon German (frequency #90,259 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,259
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unfall eines Flugzeuges

Corpus desk

Index DE-flugzeugungluck · Flugzeugunglück · German

Flugzeugunglück · rank #90,259 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,259
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH flutscht

Nearest frequency peer: flutscht (+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 „Flugzeugunglück“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Flugzeugunglück
PropertyValue
HeadwordFlugzeugunglück
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfluːkt͡sɔɪ̯kˌʊnɡlʏk]
Letters15
Frequency rank#90,259
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Flugzeugunglück“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Flugzeugunglückfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „flutscht“ (#90,260), „fluchend“ (#90,257), „flächig“ (#90,261). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Flugzeugunglück“ bei #90,259. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Flugzeugunglück is uncommon German at frequency #90,259 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfluːkt͡sɔɪ̯kˌʊnɡlʏk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unfall eines Flugzeuges".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Flugzeugunglück, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Flugzeugunglück, spelled F-L-U-G-Z-E-U-G-U-N-G-L-Ü-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unfall eines Flugzeuges

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Eine der beiden 16-Jährigen, die bei dem Flugzeugunglück in San Francisco ums Leben kamen, wurde von einem Rettungsfahrzeug überrollt.“
  2. „Auf der Höhe seiner Macht kam Zia-ul-Haq am 17. August 1988 gemeinsam mit dem US-amerikanischen Botschafter Arnold Lewis Raphel bei einem Flugzeugunglück ums Leben.“

Synonyms

Flugzeugunfall

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 "Flugzeugunglück"?
"Flugzeugunglück" is spelled F-L-U-G-Z-E-U-G-U-N-G-L-Ü-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfluːkt͡sɔɪ̯kˌʊnɡlʏk].
What does "Flugzeugunglück" mean?
As a noun, "Flugzeugunglück" means: Unfall eines Flugzeuges
How do you pronounce "Flugzeugunglück"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Flugzeugunglück" is [ˈfluːkt͡sɔɪ̯kˌʊnɡlʏk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Flugzeugunglück" come from?
"Flugzeugunglück" 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 "Flugzeugunglück", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list