Flüsschen

[ˈflʏsçən]

/[ˈflʏsçən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Flüsschen” is uncommon German (frequency #64,273 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,273
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner Fluss

Corpus desk

Index DE-flusschen · Flüsschen · German

Flüsschen · rank #64,273 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,273
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH flüchtende

Nearest frequency peer: flüchtende (-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 „Flüsschen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Flüsschen
PropertyValue
HeadwordFlüsschen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈflʏsçən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#64,273
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Flüsschen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „flüchtende“ (#64,272), „formten“ (#64,274), „Fluoreszenz“ (#64,271). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Flüsschen“ bei #64,273. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Flüsschen is uncommon German at frequency #64,273 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈflʏsçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner Fluss".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Flüsschen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Flüsschen, spelled F-L-Ü-S-S-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleiner Fluss

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Unsere stampfenden Schuhe werden vom Rauschen eines Flüsschens begleitet.
  2. „D[am]it beginnt die planmäßige Peuplierung und systematische Anlage der Fabrikstadt an den Flüßchen Lódka und Jasien.“

Synonyms

Flüsslein

This word in other languages

creek(English)riviérette(Français)

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 "Flüsschen"?
"Flüsschen" is spelled F-L-Ü-S-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈflʏsçən].
What does "Flüsschen" mean?
As a noun, "Flüsschen" means: kleiner Fluss
How do you pronounce "Flüsschen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Flüsschen" is [ˈflʏsçən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Flüsschen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fliegerei#64,269finsterer#64,267Fundstück#64,282gefülltes#64,293

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list