freiberuflich
[ˈfʁaɪ̯bəˌʁuːflɪç]
The verdict
“freiberuflich” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #36,332 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #36,332
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - durch besondere berufliche Qualifikation oder schöpferische Begabung persönlich, eigenverantwortlich und fachlich unabhängig Dienstleistungen höherer Art erbringend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | freiberuflich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfʁaɪ̯bəˌʁuːflɪç] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #36,332 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “freiberuflich” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for freiberuflich is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfʁaɪ̯bəˌʁuːflɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,332 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "durch besondere berufliche Qualifikation oder schöpferische Begabung persönlich, eigenverantwortlich und fachlich unabhängig Dienstleistungen höherer Art erbringend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for freiberuflich, with forms such as "feriberuflich", "ffreiberuflich", and "frebieruflich". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is freiberuflich, spelled F-R-E-I-B-E-R-U-F-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1durch besondere berufliche Qualifikation oder schöpferische Begabung persönlich, eigenverantwortlich und fachlich unabhängig Dienstleistungen höherer Art erbringend
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: feriberuflich,ffreiberuflich,frebieruflich,freibberuflich,freiberfulich,freiberruflich,freiberufflich,freiberufilch,freiberuflcih,freiberuflicch,freiberuflichh,freiberuflihc,freiberufllich,freiberulfich,freibeurflich,freibreuflich,freiebruflich,frieberuflich,frreiberuflich,rfeiberuflich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of freiberuflich - 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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Using “freiberuflich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-R-E-I-B-E-R-U-F-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfʁaɪ̯bəˌʁuːflɪç] (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.