fraulich
[ˈfʁaʊ̯lɪç]
The verdict
“fraulich” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zur Frau gehörig, ihr eigen sein, in der Art und Weise einer Frau
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fraulich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfʁaʊ̯lɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fraulich” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for fraulich is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfʁaʊ̯lɪç]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "zur Frau gehörig, ihr eigen sein, in der Art und Weise einer Frau".
fraulich has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is fraulich, spelled F-R-A-U-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1zur Frau gehörig, ihr eigen sein, in der Art und Weise einer Frau
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “fraulich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-R-A-U-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfʁaʊ̯lɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.