Freigelände
[ˈfʁaɪ̯ɡəˌlɛndə]
The verdict
“Freigelände” is uncommon German (frequency #72,435 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,435
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nicht überdachtes, oft öffentlich zugängliches Gelände (Außengelände), das für bestimmte Zwecke genutzt wird – meist für Außenexpositionen, Parks oder Sportanlagen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Freigelände |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfʁaɪ̯ɡəˌlɛndə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #72,435 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Freigelände” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Freigelände is uncommon German at frequency #72,435 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʁaɪ̯ɡəˌlɛndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht überdachtes, oft öffentlich zugängliches Gelände (Außengelände), das für bestimmte Zwecke genutzt wird – meist für Außenexpositionen, Parks oder Sportanlagen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Freigelände, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Freigelände, spelled F-R-E-I-G-E-L-Ä-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1nicht überdachtes, oft öffentlich zugängliches Gelände (Außengelände), das für bestimmte Zwecke genutzt wird – meist für Außenexpositionen, Parks oder Sportanlagen
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 “Freigelände”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-R-E-I-G-E-L-Ä-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfʁaɪ̯ɡəˌlɛndə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.