Freischütz
[ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌʃʏt͡s]
The verdict
“Freischütz” is uncommon German (frequency #67,230 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,230
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schütze, der mit Hilfe von Freikugeln sein Ziel jederzeit absolut sicher und unfehlbar trifft
Corpus desk
Index DE-freischutz · Freischütz · German
Freischütz · rank #67,230 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,230
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Freiheitskampf
Nearest frequency peer: Freiheitskampf (-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 „Freischütz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Frauenheilk…
Frauenheilkunde
32,774 corpus weight
- Freiheitska…
Freiheitskampf
32,772 corpus weight
- Freischütz
Freischütz
32,771 corpus weight
- frese
frese
32,770 corpus weight
- Friedhofes
Friedhofes
32,769 corpus weight
- Frühstücksf…
Frühstücksfernsehen
32,768 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Freischütz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Freischütz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌʃʏt͡s] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Freischütz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Freischütz is uncommon German at frequency #67,230 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌʃʏt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schütze, der mit Hilfe von Freikugeln sein Ziel jederzeit absolut sicher und unfehlbar trifft".
No misspelling variants are generated for Freischütz in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Freischütz, spelled F-R-E-I-S-C-H-Ü-T-Z.
Definition
- 1Schütze, der mit Hilfe von Freikugeln sein Ziel jederzeit absolut sicher und unfehlbar trifft
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Freischütz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Aberglaube des Freischütz wird greifbar in Gerichtsakten des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts.
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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