Freistoß
[ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌʃtoːs]
The verdict
“Freistoß” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vom Schiedsrichter verordnete Maßnahme beim Fußballspiel, bei der der Ball vom Schützen ungehindert gespielt wird, nachdem die gegnerische Mannschaft einen Regelverstoß (Foul) begangen hat
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Freistoß |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌʃtoːs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Freistoß” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Freistoß is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌʃtoːs]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "vom Schiedsrichter verordnete Maßnahme beim Fußballspiel, bei der der Ball vom Schützen ungehindert gespielt wird, nachdem die gegnerische Mannschaft einen Regelverstoß (Foul) begangen hat".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Freistoß in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Freistoß, spelled F-R-E-I-S-T-O-S-S.
Definition
- 1vom Schiedsrichter verordnete Maßnahme beim Fußballspiel, bei der der Ball vom Schützen ungehindert gespielt wird, nachdem die gegnerische Mannschaft einen Regelverstoß (Foul) begangen hat
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Freistoß”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-R-E-I-S-T-O-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌʃtoːs] (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.