Froschkönig
[ˈfʁɔʃkøːnɪç]
The verdict
“Froschkönig” is uncommon German (frequency #88,946 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,946
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Märchenfigur/Titelgestalt/Titelfigur eines, im deutschsprachigen Raum eines der bekanntesten, Märchen der Brüder Grimm („Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich“), die als Frosch der Königstochte...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Froschkönig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfʁɔʃkøːnɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #88,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Froschkönig” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Froschkönig is uncommon German at frequency #88,946 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʁɔʃkøːnɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Märchenfigur/Titelgestalt/Titelfigur eines, im deutschsprachigen Raum eines der bekanntesten, Märchen der Brüder Grimm („Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich“), die als Frosch der Königstochte...".
No misspelling variants are generated for Froschkönig in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Froschkönig, spelled F-R-O-S-C-H-K-Ö-N-I-G.
Definition
- 1Märchenfigur/Titelgestalt/Titelfigur eines, im deutschsprachigen Raum eines der bekanntesten, Märchen der Brüder Grimm („Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich“), die als Frosch der Königstochter hilft, ihre goldene Kugel aus dem Brunnen zu holen und dafür verlangt, dass diese Tisch und Bett mit ihm teilt
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 “Froschkönig”
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- The one correct German spelling is F-R-O-S-C-H-K-Ö-N-I-G - 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.