Freikirche
[ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌkɪʁçə]
The verdict
“Freikirche” is uncommon German (frequency #83,974 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,974
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - evangelische Kirche (religiöse Organisation), die von der Landeskirche unabhängig ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-freikirche · Freikirche · German
Freikirche · rank #83,974 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,974
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH freigelassenen
Nearest frequency peer: freigelassenen (-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 „Freikirche“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Freiern
Freiern
16,029 corpus weight
- freigelasse…
freigelassenen
16,028 corpus weight
- Freikirche
Freikirche
16,027 corpus weight
- Freilauf
Freilauf
16,026 corpus weight
- Fremdenverk…
Fremdenverkehrs
16,025 corpus weight
- Fremdling
Fremdling
16,024 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Freikirche“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Freikirche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌkɪʁçə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #83,974 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Freikirche“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Freikirche is uncommon German at frequency #83,974 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌkɪʁçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "evangelische Kirche (religiöse Organisation), die von der Landeskirche unabhängig ist".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Freikirche, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Freikirche, spelled F-R-E-I-K-I-R-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1evangelische Kirche (religiöse Organisation), die von der Landeskirche unabhängig ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Freikirche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Westminster Chapel ist eine evangelische Freikirche, die ursprünglich 1841 eröffnet wurde.
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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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