Freund

/[fʁɔɪ̯nt]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#670

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

Freund is aGermannoun. It means: ein sehr nahestehendes Wesen, für das man freundschaftliche und kameradschaftliche Gefühle entwickelt hat Pronounced [fʁɔɪ̯nt]. It ranks #670 in German word frequency. Often confused with fund and freut.

Key facts for Freund
PropertyValue
HeadwordFreund
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fʁɔɪ̯nt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#670
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Freund is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fʁɔɪ̯nt]. Corpus data places it at rank #670 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Freund, with forms such as "ferund", "ffreund", and "frenud". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "fund", "freut", "freute", 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 Freund, spelled F-R-E-U-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein sehr nahestehendes Wesen, für das man freundschaftliche und kameradschaftliche Gefühle entwickelt hat
  2. 2
    Person, mit welcher man in einer Beziehung ist
  3. 3
    ein Anhänger von etwas
  4. 4
    Anrede einer Person männlichen Geschlechts
  5. 5
    Gesinnungsgenosse im politischen Sinne; besonders im Plural, mit Artikel, historisch, ironisch, in der DDR: die Freunde Sowjetbürger, Russen (zurückzuführen auf den übermäßigen Gebrauch der floskelhaften Losung „дружба – Freundschaft“ (Druschba-Freundschaft))

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ferund,ffreund,frenud,freudn,freundd,freunnd,frreund,fruend,rfeund

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Freund

Misspelling Variants of "Freund"

ferund6ffreund7frenud6freudn6freundd7freunnd7frreund7fruend6
Misspelling Variants of "Freund"

Frequency rank: #670 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Freund"?
"Freund" is spelled F-R-E-U-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [fʁɔɪ̯nt].
What does "Freund" mean?
As a noun, "Freund" means: ein sehr nahestehendes Wesen, für das man freundschaftliche und kameradschaftliche Gefühle entwickelt hat
What words are commonly confused with "Freund"?
"Freund" is commonly confused with "fund", "freut", "freute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Freund"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Freund" is [fʁɔɪ̯nt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Freund" come from?
"Freund" 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.