fringe

[fɹɪndʒ]

/[fɹɪndʒ]/ noun

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The verdict

“fringe” is uncommon German (frequency #60,578 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,578
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-fringe · fringe · German

fringe · rank #60,578 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,578
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Freundschafts…

Nearest frequency peer: Freundschaftsspiele (-2 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 „fringe“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fringe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fringe
PropertyValue
Headwordfringe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɹɪndʒ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,578
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fringe“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.fringefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Freundschaftsspiele“ (#60,576), „freigehalten“ (#60,575), „froher“ (#60,581). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fringe“ bei #60,578. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fringe is uncommon German at frequency #60,578 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɹɪndʒ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for fringe in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is fringe, spelled F-R-I-N-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Rand
  2. 2
    die Franse

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Those people were at the fringes of political decision-making.

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 "fringe"?
"fringe" is spelled F-R-I-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [fɹɪndʒ].
What does "fringe" mean?
As a noun, "fringe" means: der Rand
How do you pronounce "fringe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fringe" is [fɹɪndʒ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fringe" come from?
"fringe" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

froher#60,581Fräsen#60,582frühem#60,583gehegt#60,599

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list