früheste

Name: früheste, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈfʁyːəstə]

/[ˈfʁyːəstə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“früheste” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,195. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,195
frequency rank, German: 45,736
“F” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs früh

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

früheste vs frühesten

89% similar

früheste vs frühester

89% similar

früheste vs frühestens

80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for früheste
Property	Value
Headword	früheste
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈfʁyːəstə]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#28,195
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “früheste” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). früheste lands here:

#28,195

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around früheste (IPA [ˈfʁyːəstə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,195 among 45,736 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for früheste, with forms such as "ffrüheste", "frhüeste", and "frrüheste". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "frühesten", "frühester", "frühestens", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct German form is früheste, spelled F-R-Ü-H-E-S-T-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs früh
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs früh
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs früh
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs früh
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs früh
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs früh
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs früh
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs früh
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs früh

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ffrüheste
frhüeste
frrüheste
früehste
früheset
frühesste
frühestte
frühetse
frühheste
frühsete
fürheste
rfüheste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of früheste - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "früheste"

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 "früheste"?

"früheste" is spelled F-R-Ü-H-E-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʁyːəstə].

What does "früheste" mean?

As an adjective, "früheste" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs früh

What words are commonly confused with "früheste"?

"früheste" is commonly confused with "frühesten", "frühester", "frühestens". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "früheste"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "früheste" is [ˈfʁyːəstə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "früheste" come from?

"früheste" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Using “früheste”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is F-R-Ü-H-E-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [ˈfʁyːəstə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “frühesten” - see the side-by-side comparison. früheste vs frühesten
Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Same frequency band

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.