freisprechen
[ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌʃpʁɛçn̩]
The verdict
“freisprechen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,232 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,232
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Urteil erklären, dass die Anklage nicht zu halten ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-freisprechen · freisprechen · German
freisprechen · rank #68,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,232
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH FRG
Nearest frequency peer: FRG (+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 „freisprechen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Fragebogens
Fragebogens
31,773 corpus weight
- Frankens
Frankens
31,772 corpus weight
- Fratzen
Fratzen
31,771 corpus weight
- freisprechen
freisprechen
31,769 corpus weight
- FRG
FRG
31,768 corpus weight
- Friedensges…
Friedensgespräche
31,767 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „freisprechen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | freisprechen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌʃpʁɛçn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #68,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „freisprechen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
freisprechen is uncommon German at frequency #68,232 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌʃpʁɛçn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for freisprechen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 freisprechen, spelled F-R-E-I-S-P-R-E-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch Urteil erklären, dass die Anklage nicht zu halten ist
- 2jemandem aufgrund bestandener Abschlussprüfung den Status eines Gesellen oder Facharbeiters verleihen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how freisprechen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Doch ist selbst der Wunsch eines Napoleon nicht in jedem Fall Befehl: Jenisch wurde freigesprochen, Palm füsiliert.“
„[…] der Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) [rollt] 1956 die Flossenbürg-Prozesse neu auf. Der BGH spricht dabei den Standgerichtsvorsitzenden Thorbeck "mangels Beweisen" frei.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).