Freistaat
[ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌʃtaːt]
The verdict
“Freistaat” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,053. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,053
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Staat, in dem die Staatsgewalt vom Volk ausgeht
Corpus desk
Index DE-freistaat · Freistaat · German
Freistaat · rank #11,053 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,053
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH François
Nearest frequency peer: François (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Freistaat”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fehlender
fehlender
88,951 corpus weight
- feines
feines
88,950 corpus weight
- François
François
88,949 corpus weight
- Freistaat
Freistaat
88,948 corpus weight
- Frosch
Frosch
88,947 corpus weight
- fügen
fügen
88,945 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Freistaat” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Freistaat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌʃtaːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #11,053 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Freistaat” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Freistaat (IPA [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌʃtaːt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,053 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein Staat, in dem die Staatsgewalt vom Volk ausgeht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Freistaat, with forms such as "feristaat", "ffreistaat", and "freisatat". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Freistadt", "Freistaats", "Freistaates", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Freistaat, spelled F-R-E-I-S-T-A-A-T.
Definition
- 1ein Staat, in dem die Staatsgewalt vom Volk ausgeht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Freistaat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Am 11. November 1918 verzichtete der letzte Großherzog auf den Thron und Oldenburg wurde ein Freistaat innerhalb der Weimarer Republik.“
„Und doch nennen wir Schweden eine Monarchie, Venedig war eine Aristokratie und Nordamerika ist ein Freistaat.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- feristaat
- ffreistaat
- freisatat
- freisstaat
- freistaatt
- freistat
- freistata
- freisttaat
- freitsaat
- fresitaat
- friestaat
- frreistaat
- rfeistaat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Freistaat - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Freistaat", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Freistaat" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Freistadt". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #11,053 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.