fog
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The verdict
“fog” is uncommon German (frequency #52,089 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,089
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fein verteilte Flüssigkeitströpfchen in der Luft = Nebel
Corpus desk
Index DE-fog · fog · German
fog · rank #52,089 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,089
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH flussabwärts
Nearest frequency peer: flussabwärts (-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 „fog“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Floridsdorf
Floridsdorf
47,915 corpus weight
- Fluglinien
Fluglinien
47,914 corpus weight
- flussabwärts
flussabwärts
47,913 corpus weight
- fog
fog
47,912 corpus weight
- forcierte
forcierte
47,911 corpus weight
- Fotoalbum
Fotoalbum
47,910 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fog“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fog |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #52,089 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fog“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fog is uncommon German at frequency #52,089 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for fog in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 fog, spelled F-O-G.
Definition
- 1fein verteilte Flüssigkeitströpfchen in der Luft = Nebel
- 2lethargische, verwirrte Geistesverfassung
- 3Schleier auf Bildern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fog appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fog occurs when moisture from the surface of the Earth evaporates.
He did so many drugs, he was still in a fog three months after going through detox.
Synonyms
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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