frisieren

[fʁiˈziːʁən]

/[fʁiˈziːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“frisieren” is uncommon German (frequency #75,659 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,659
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - menschliches Kopfhaar gestalten

Corpus desk

Index DE-frisieren · frisieren · German

frisieren · rank #75,659 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,659
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Frontfrau

Nearest frequency peer: Frontfrau (+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 „frisieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for frisieren
PropertyValue
Headwordfrisieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fʁiˈziːʁən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#75,659
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „frisieren“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).frisierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Frontfrau“ (#75,660), „freigegebenen“ (#75,657), „Frontlinie“ (#75,661). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „frisieren“ bei #75,659. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

frisieren is uncommon German at frequency #75,659 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fʁiˈziːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for frisieren in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is frisieren, spelled F-R-I-S-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    menschliches Kopfhaar gestalten
  2. 2
    die Leistung einer Maschine ausreizen
  3. 3
    Urkunden, Dokumente oder Nachrichten für seine Zwecke verändern beziehungsweise verfälschen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ich muss mich mal wieder frisieren, meine Haare sehen schon ganz wild aus.
  2. Hans frisierte seinen Roller, bis er damit über 120 fahren konnte.

Synonyms

aufmotzentunentweaken

This word in other languages

hairdress(English)

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 "frisieren"?
"frisieren" is spelled F-R-I-S-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fʁiˈziːʁən].
What does "frisieren" mean?
As a verb, "frisieren" means: menschliches Kopfhaar gestalten
How do you pronounce "frisieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frisieren" is [fʁiˈziːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frisieren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Frontfrau#75,660functions#75,662Gasmasken#75,671Gebetbuch#75,673

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list