folglich

/[ˈfɔlklɪç]/ adv

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,762

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

folglich is anGermanadv. It means: eine Schlussfolgerung einleitendes Wort Pronounced [ˈfɔlklɪç]. It ranks #7,762 in German word frequency. Often confused with fraglich and förmlich.

Key facts for folglich
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Headwordfolglich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[ˈfɔlklɪç]
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,762
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of folglich in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for folglich is 8 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɔlklɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,762 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Schlussfolgerung einleitendes Wort".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for folglich, with forms such as "ffolglich", "floglich", and "fogllich". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fraglich", "förmlich", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is folglich, spelled F-O-L-G-L-I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Schlussfolgerung einleitendes Wort

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffolglich,floglich,fogllich,folgglich,folgilch,folglcih,folglicch,folglichh,folglihc,folgllich,follgich,follglich,oflglich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for folglich

Misspelling Variants of "folglich"

ffolglich9floglich8fogllich8folgglich9folgilch8folglcih8folglicch9folglichh9
Misspelling Variants of "folglich"

Frequency rank: #7,762 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "folglich"?
"folglich" is spelled F-O-L-G-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɔlklɪç].
What does "folglich" mean?
As an adv, "folglich" means: eine Schlussfolgerung einleitendes Wort
What words are commonly confused with "folglich"?
"folglich" is commonly confused with "fraglich", "förmlich". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "folglich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "folglich" is [ˈfɔlklɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "folglich" come from?
"folglich" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.