friendly

[ˈfren(d)li]

/[ˈfren(d)li]/ adj

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The verdict

“friendly” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,543. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,543
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - freundlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-friendly · friendly · German

friendly · rank #40,543 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,543
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Friedemann

Nearest frequency peer: Friedemann (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „friendly“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „friendly“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

friendly vs friends
75% similar
friendly vs friend
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for friendly
PropertyValue
Headwordfriendly
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈfren(d)li]
Letters8
Frequency rank#40,543
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „friendly“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.friendlyliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Friedemann“ (#40,542), „Fritzlar“ (#40,544), „freundlicherweise“ (#40,541). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „friendly“ bei #40,543. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around friendly (IPA [ˈfren(d)li]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,543 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for friendly, with forms such as "ffriendly", "firendly", and "freindly". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "friends", "friend", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 friendly, spelled F-R-I-E-N-D-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    freundlich
  2. 2
    angenehm
  3. 3
    freundschaftlich
  4. 4
    befreundet, verbündet

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how friendly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. We are friendly with them.

Synonyms

kindamiablebenevolent

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffriendly
  • firendly
  • freindly
  • friednly
  • frienddly
  • friendlly
  • friendlyy
  • friendyl
  • frienldy
  • frienndly
  • frinedly
  • frriendly
  • rfiendly

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of friendly - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffriendly1firendly2freindly2friednly2frienddly1friendlly1friendlyy1friendyl2
Edit distance from "friendly"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "friendly"?
"friendly" is spelled F-R-I-E-N-D-L-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfren(d)li].
What does "friendly" mean?
As an adjective, "friendly" means: freundlich
What words are commonly confused with "friendly"?
"friendly" is commonly confused with "friends", "friend". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "friendly"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "friendly" is [ˈfren(d)li]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "friendly" come from?
"friendly" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "friendly", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fritzlar#40,544gefischt#40,552Festzelt#40,533geflutet#40,553

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Friedemann13 variantsFelswand13 variantsgeschürt13 variantsgestraft13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list