free
[fɹiː]
The verdict
“free” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,313. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,313
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne eine Bezahlung zu verlangen; nicht mit Kosten verbunden
Corpus desk
Index DE-free · free · German
free · rank #3,313 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,313
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Franken
Nearest frequency peer: Franken (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “free”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fair
fair
96,691 corpus weight
- Finanzierung
Finanzierung
96,690 corpus weight
- Franken
Franken
96,689 corpus weight
- free
free
96,688 corpus weight
- gefühlt
gefühlt
96,687 corpus weight
- gelungen
gelungen
96,686 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “free” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | free |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɹiː] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,313 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “free” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around free (IPA [fɹiː]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,313 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ohne eine Bezahlung zu verlangen; nicht mit Kosten verbunden".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for free, with forms such as "fere", "ffree", and "fre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fry", "frei", "früh", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is free, spelled F-R-E-E.
Definition
- 1ohne eine Bezahlung zu verlangen; nicht mit Kosten verbunden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how free appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The food this evening is free, you only pay your drinks.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fere
- ffree
- fre
- frree
- rfee
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of free - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "free", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "free". Here's where to go from here.
- "free" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "fry". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,313 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.