fortis
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The verdict
“fortis” is uncommon German (frequency #91,606 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,606
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - stark, kräftig, rüstig, fest
Corpus desk
Index DE-fortis · fortis · German
fortis · rank #91,606 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,606
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fortdauer
Nearest frequency peer: Fortdauer (-2 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 „fortis“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Formung
Formung
8,399 corpus weight
- Forscherinn…
Forscherinnen
8,398 corpus weight
- Fortdauer
Fortdauer
8,397 corpus weight
- fortis
fortis
8,395 corpus weight
- Foyers
Foyers
8,393 corpus weight
- fragilen
fragilen
8,392 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fortis“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fortis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fortis“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fortis is uncommon German at frequency #91,606 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for fortis in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is fortis, spelled F-O-R-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1stark, kräftig, rüstig, fest
- 2mutig, tapfer, energisch, kühn, forsch
- 3gewaltsam
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fortis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„at ex agricolis et viri fortissimi et milites strenuissimi gignuntur,“ (Cato agr. pr. 4)
„horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae, propterea quod a cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt minimeque ad eos mercatores saepe commeant atque ea, quae ad effeminandos animos pertinent, inportant proximique sunt Germanis, qui trans Rhenum incolunt, quibuscum continenter bellum gerunt.“ (Caes. Gall. 1,1,3)
This word in other languages
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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