Freeware

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The verdict

“Freeware” is uncommon German (frequency #63,324 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,324
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Software, die kostenlos nutzbar ist, deren Quellcode aber in den meisten Fällen nicht verändert werden darf

Corpus desk

Index DE-freeware · Freeware · German

Freeware · rank #63,324 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,324
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fragmentierung

Nearest frequency peer: Fragmentierung (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Freeware“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Freeware“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Freeware
PropertyValue
HeadwordFreeware
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#63,324
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Freeware“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Freewarefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Fragmentierung“ (#63,323), „Freibeuter“ (#63,325), „fortgesetzten“ (#63,321). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Freeware“ bei #63,324. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Freeware is uncommon German at frequency #63,324 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Software, die kostenlos nutzbar ist, deren Quellcode aber in den meisten Fällen nicht verändert werden darf".

No misspelling variants are generated for Freeware in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Freeware, spelled F-R-E-E-W-A-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Software, die kostenlos nutzbar ist, deren Quellcode aber in den meisten Fällen nicht verändert werden darf

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Freeware appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wie viel Freeware hast du auf deinem Rechner?

Antonyms

Shareware

This word in other languages

freeware(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Freeware"?
"Freeware" is spelled F-R-E-E-W-A-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Freeware" mean?
As a noun, "Freeware" means: Software, die kostenlos nutzbar ist, deren Quellcode aber in den meisten Fällen nicht verändert werden darf
How do you pronounce "Freeware"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Freeware" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Freeware", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Frühwerk#63,330floriert#63,317flackern#63,315Gaggenau#63,340

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list