Frühphase

[ˈfʁyːˌfaːzə]

/[ˈfʁyːˌfaːzə]/ noun

The verdict

“Frühphase” is uncommon German (frequency #73,506 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,506
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - frühe Phase, Abschnitt zu Beginn eines Verlaufs

Corpus desk

Index DE-fruhphase · Frühphase · German

Frühphase · rank #73,506 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,506
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH frostig

Nearest frequency peer: frostig (-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 „Frühphase“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Frühphase
PropertyValue
HeadwordFrühphase
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfʁyːˌfaːzə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,506
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Frühphase“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Frühphasefällt 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: „frostig“ (#73,505), „Fuchtel“ (#73,507), „Friedensabkommen“ (#73,504). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Frühphase“ bei #73,506. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Frühphase is uncommon German at frequency #73,506 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʁyːˌfaːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "frühe Phase, Abschnitt zu Beginn eines Verlaufs".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Frühphase in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 Frühphase, spelled F-R-Ü-H-P-H-A-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    frühe Phase, Abschnitt zu Beginn eines Verlaufs

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Er wirkte rundum seriös und unauffällig, ein typischer Vertreter der Generation deutscher Geheimagenten aus der Frühphase des Kalten Krieges, die von den Briten ausgebildet worden waren und wie ihre Lehrmeister dem Glauben anhingen, Geheimdienstler sollten so unsichtbar sein wie irgend möglich.“

Antonyms

EndphaseHochphaseMittelphaseSchlussphaseSpätphase

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 "Frühphase"?
"Frühphase" is spelled F-R-Ü-H-P-H-A-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʁyːˌfaːzə].
What does "Frühphase" mean?
As a noun, "Frühphase" means: frühe Phase, Abschnitt zu Beginn eines Verlaufs
How do you pronounce "Frühphase"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Frühphase" is [ˈfʁyːˌfaːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Frühphase" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list