freiwilligen

/[ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌvɪlɪɡn̩]/ adj

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Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,948

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

freiwilligen is anGermanadj. It means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs freiwillig Pronounced [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌvɪlɪɡn̩]. It ranks #5,948 in German word frequency. Often confused with freiwilliger and freiwilliges.

Key facts for freiwilligen
PropertyValue
Headwordfreiwilligen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌvɪlɪɡn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#5,948
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of freiwilligen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for freiwilligen is 12 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌvɪlɪɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,948 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for freiwilligen, with forms such as "feriwilligen", "ffreiwilligen", and "freiiwlligen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "freiwilliger", "freiwilliges", "freiwillig", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is freiwilligen, spelled F-R-E-I-W-I-L-L-I-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs freiwillig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs freiwillig
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs freiwillig
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs freiwillig
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs freiwillig
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs freiwillig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs freiwillig
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs freiwillig
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs freiwillig
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs freiwillig
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs freiwillig
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs freiwillig

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: feriwilligen,ffreiwilligen,freiiwlligen,freiwiligen,freiwililgen,freiwillgien,freiwilliegn,freiwilligenn,freiwilliggen,freiwilligne,freiwliligen,freiwwilligen,frewiilligen,friewilligen,frreiwilligen,rfeiwilligen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for freiwilligen

Misspelling Variants of "freiwilligen"

feriwilligen12ffreiwilligen13freiiwlligen12freiwiligen11freiwililgen12freiwillgien12freiwilliegn12freiwilligenn13
Misspelling Variants of "freiwilligen"

Frequency rank: #5,948 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "freiwilligen"?
"freiwilligen" is spelled F-R-E-I-W-I-L-L-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌvɪlɪɡn̩].
What does "freiwilligen" mean?
As an adj, "freiwilligen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs freiwillig
What words are commonly confused with "freiwilligen"?
"freiwilligen" is commonly confused with "freiwilliger", "freiwilliges", "freiwillig". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "freiwilligen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "freiwilligen" is [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌvɪlɪɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "freiwilligen" come from?
"freiwilligen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.