Frikadelle
[fʁikaˈdɛlə]
The verdict
“Frikadelle” is an uncommon German word, ranked #97,014 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #97,014
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - westmitteldeutsch, nordwestdeutsch, überregional verbreitet und meist flacher Kloß aus Hackfleisch, der mit Paniermehl oder eingeweichter Semmel und Ei gebunden und mit Zwiebeln und diversen Gewürz...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Frikadelle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fʁikaˈdɛlə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,014 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Frikadelle” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Frikadelle is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fʁikaˈdɛlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #97,014 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "westmitteldeutsch, nordwestdeutsch, überregional verbreitet und meist flacher Kloß aus Hackfleisch, der mit Paniermehl oder eingeweichter Semmel und Ei gebunden und mit Zwiebeln und diversen Gewürz...".
Frikadelle has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Frikadelle, spelled F-R-I-K-A-D-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1westmitteldeutsch, nordwestdeutsch, überregional verbreitet und meist flacher Kloß aus Hackfleisch, der mit Paniermehl oder eingeweichter Semmel und Ei gebunden und mit Zwiebeln und diversen Gewürzen vermischt in heißem Fett gebraten wird
Synonyms
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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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Using “Frikadelle”
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- The one correct German spelling is F-R-I-K-A-D-E-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.