Fracking
[ˈfʁɛkɪŋ]
The verdict
“Fracking” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,993. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,993
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Erschließungs- und Förderverfahren von Erdgas- und Erdölvorkommen, bei dem unter hohem Druck ein Gemisch aus Wasser, Sand und Chemikalien in ein tiefes Bohrloch gepresst wird, um die Sedimentgestei...
Corpus desk
Index DE-fracking · Fracking · German
Fracking · rank #16,993 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,993
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fragmente
Nearest frequency peer: Fragmente (+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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Fracking“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Festspiele
Festspiele
83,011 corpus weight
- Foul
Foul
83,010 corpus weight
- Fracking
Fracking
83,008 corpus weight
- Fragmente
Fragmente
83,007 corpus weight
- freedom
freedom
83,006 corpus weight
- Galaxie
Galaxie
83,005 corpus weight
What this shows „Fracking“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fracking |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfʁɛkɪŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,993 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Fracking“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Fracking (IPA [ˈfʁɛkɪŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,993 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Erschließungs- und Förderverfahren von Erdgas- und Erdölvorkommen, bei dem unter hohem Druck ein Gemisch aus Wasser, Sand und Chemikalien in ein tiefes Bohrloch gepresst wird, um die Sedimentgestei...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fracking, with forms such as "farcking", "ffracking", and "fraccking". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fucking", "framing", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Fracking, spelled F-R-A-C-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Erschließungs- und Förderverfahren von Erdgas- und Erdölvorkommen, bei dem unter hohem Druck ein Gemisch aus Wasser, Sand und Chemikalien in ein tiefes Bohrloch gepresst wird, um die Sedimentgesteinsschicht aufzuspalten und das darin eingeschlossene Erdgas beziehungsweise Erdöl chemisch zu lösen und durch das nun durchlässige Sedimentgestein mithilfe des Flüssigkeitsgemischs an die Erdoberfläche zur Weiterverarbeitung zu befördern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fracking appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fracking ist eine sehr umstrittene Methode zur Erdgasförderung.
„In Frankreich hat jedenfalls die Nationalversammlung am 12. Mai mit 287 gegen 146 Stimmen ein Verbot des Frackings beschlossen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- farcking
- ffracking
- fraccking
- fracikng
- frackign
- frackingg
- frackinng
- frackking
- fracknig
- frakcing
- frcaking
- frracking
- rfacking
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fracking - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).