Frechdachs
[ˈfʁɛçˌdaks]
The verdict
“Frechdachs” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - freches, vorlautes Kind
Corpus desk
Index DE-frechdachs · Frechdachs · German
Frechdachs · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Frechdachs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfʁɛçˌdaks] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Frechdachs“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Frechdachs is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʁɛçˌdaks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "freches, vorlautes Kind".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Frechdachs, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Frechdachs, spelled F-R-E-C-H-D-A-C-H-S.
Definition
- 1freches, vorlautes Kind
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Frechdachs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Peter, der Frechdachs, schoss den Ball in die Fensterscheibe.
Moni, der kleine Frechdachs, stibitzte ihrer Oma sonntags immer Schokolade aus dem Nachttischchen.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.