Fracking
[ˈfʁɛkɪŋ]
The verdict
“Fracking” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #16,993 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,993
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
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) |
Where “Fracking” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Fracking is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfʁɛkɪŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,993 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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Using “Fracking”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-R-A-C-K-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfʁɛkɪŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fucking” - see the side-by-side comparison. Fracking vs fucking
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.