freilegen

[ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌleːɡn̩]

/[ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌleːɡn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“freilegen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #70,275 in German word frequency and used as a verb.

#70,275
frequency rank, German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas (von einer bedeckenden Schicht) befreien; Material entfernen, das auf etwas liegt, zum Beispiel Erde oder eine Deckschicht

Key facts for freilegen
PropertyValue
Headwordfreilegen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌleːɡn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,275
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “freilegen” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). freilegen lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for freilegen is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌleːɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #70,275 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "etwas (von einer bedeckenden Schicht) befreien; Material entfernen, das auf etwas liegt, zum Beispiel Erde oder eine Deckschicht".

freilegen has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is freilegen, spelled F-R-E-I-L-E-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas (von einer bedeckenden Schicht) befreien; Material entfernen, das auf etwas liegt, zum Beispiel Erde oder eine Deckschicht

Antonyms

bedeckenverhüllen

This word in other languages

uncover(English)descobrir(Português)

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 "freilegen"?
"freilegen" is spelled F-R-E-I-L-E-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌleːɡn̩].
What does "freilegen" mean?
As a verb, "freilegen" means: etwas (von einer bedeckenden Schicht) befreien; Material entfernen, das auf etwas liegt, zum Beispiel Erde oder eine Deckschicht
How do you pronounce "freilegen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "freilegen" is [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌleːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "freilegen" come from?
"freilegen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “freilegen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is F-R-E-I-L-E-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌleːɡn̩] (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list