freizügig
[ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌt͡syːɡɪç]
The verdict
“freizügig” is uncommon German (frequency #58,785 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,785
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht streng an Regeln oder gesellschaftliche Konventionen haltend
Corpus desk
Index DE-freizugig · freizügig · German
freizügig · rank #58,785 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,785
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Freizeitparks
Nearest frequency peer: Freizeitparks (-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 „freizügig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Folgerung
Folgerung
41,220 corpus weight
- Freizeitpar…
Freizeitparks
41,217 corpus weight
- freizügig
freizügig
41,216 corpus weight
- friendship
friendship
41,214 corpus weight
- Frischluft
Frischluft
41,213 corpus weight
- Fronleichnam
Fronleichnam
41,212 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „freizügig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | freizügig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌt͡syːɡɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „freizügig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
freizügig is uncommon German at frequency #58,785 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌt͡syːɡɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for freizügig, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 freizügig, spelled F-R-E-I-Z-Ü-G-I-G.
Definition
- 1nicht streng an Regeln oder gesellschaftliche Konventionen haltend
- 2speziell in sexueller Hinsicht ungezwungen
- 3frei in der Wahl von Wohn- und Aufenthaltsort
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how freizügig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Vorschriften werden hier sehr freizügig gehandhabt.
Junge Menschen kleiden sich mitunter gerne etwas freizügiger, wenn sie am Wochenende ausgehen.
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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).