Freigeist
[ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌɡaɪ̯st]
The verdict
“Freigeist” is uncommon German (frequency #65,230 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,230
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vor allem im 18. Jahrhundert verbreitete Bezeichnung für einen Vertreter einer Haltung, der sein Denken nicht von den traditionellen Sitten oder der offiziellen Religion bestimmen lassen wollte
Corpus desk
Index DE-freigeist · Freigeist · German
Freigeist · rank #65,230 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,230
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Frauenstimme
Nearest frequency peer: Frauenstimme (-2 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 „Freigeist“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- fonda
fonda
34,776 corpus weight
- Forschergru…
Forschergruppe
34,775 corpus weight
- fortress
fortress
34,774 corpus weight
- Frauenstimme
Frauenstimme
34,773 corpus weight
- Freigeist
Freigeist
34,771 corpus weight
- Freyer
Freyer
34,769 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Freigeist“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Freigeist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌɡaɪ̯st] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Freigeist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Freigeist is uncommon German at frequency #65,230 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌɡaɪ̯st]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vor allem im 18. Jahrhundert verbreitete Bezeichnung für einen Vertreter einer Haltung, der sein Denken nicht von den traditionellen Sitten oder der offiziellen Religion bestimmen lassen wollte".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Freigeist, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Freigeist, spelled F-R-E-I-G-E-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1vor allem im 18. Jahrhundert verbreitete Bezeichnung für einen Vertreter einer Haltung, der sein Denken nicht von den traditionellen Sitten oder der offiziellen Religion bestimmen lassen wollte
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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