Fritz

/[fʁɪt͡s]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,958

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

Fritz is aGermanname. It means: männlicher Vorname Pronounced [fʁɪt͡s]. It ranks #2,958 in German word frequency. Often confused with fruit and fit.

Key facts for Fritz
PropertyValue
HeadwordFritz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[fʁɪt͡s]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,958
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Fritz is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fʁɪt͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,958 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "männlicher Vorname".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Fritz, with forms such as "ffritz", "firtz", and "frittz". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "fruit", "fit", "Filz", 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 Fritz, spelled F-R-I-T-Z, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    männlicher Vorname

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffritz,firtz,frittz,fritzz,frizt,frritz,frtiz,rfitz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Fritz

Misspelling Variants of "Fritz"

ffritz6firtz5frittz6fritzz6frizt5frritz6frtiz5rfitz5
Misspelling Variants of "Fritz"

Frequency rank: #2,958 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Fritz"?
"Fritz" is spelled F-R-I-T-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [fʁɪt͡s].
What does "Fritz" mean?
As a name, "Fritz" means: männlicher Vorname
What words are commonly confused with "Fritz"?
"Fritz" is commonly confused with "fruit", "fit", "Filz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Fritz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fritz" is [fʁɪt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fritz" come from?
"Fritz" 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.