Fritzen

[ˈfʁɪt͡sn̩]

/[ˈfʁɪt͡sn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Fritzen” is uncommon German (frequency #86,486 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,486
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Fritz

Corpus desk

Index DE-fritzen · Fritzen · German

Fritzen · rank #86,486 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,486
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH fristet

Nearest frequency peer: fristet (-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 „Fritzen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fritzen
PropertyValue
HeadwordFritzen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfʁɪt͡sn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#86,486
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Fritzen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „fristet“ (#86,485), „Frontalangriff“ (#86,487), „Friesoythe“ (#86,484). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Fritzen“ bei #86,486. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fritzen is uncommon German at frequency #86,486 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʁɪt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Fritzen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Fritzen, spelled F-R-I-T-Z-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Fritz
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Fritz
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Fritz
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Fritz

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 "Fritzen"?
"Fritzen" is spelled F-R-I-T-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʁɪt͡sn̩].
What does "Fritzen" mean?
As a noun, "Fritzen" means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Fritz
How do you pronounce "Fritzen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fritzen" is [ˈfʁɪt͡sn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fritzen" come from?
"Fritzen" 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 "Fritzen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fristet#86,485Ertrags#86,439ernstem#86,434gezupft#86,538

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list