Fußball
[ˈfuːsˌbal]
The verdict
“Fußball” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine beliebte Mannschaftssportart, welche mit 22 Spielern und einem Ball gespielt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-fu-ball · Fußball · German
Fußball · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fußball |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfuːsˌbal] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fußball“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fußball is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfuːsˌbal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Fußball, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Fußball, spelled F-U-S-S-B-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1eine beliebte Mannschaftssportart, welche mit 22 Spielern und einem Ball gespielt wird
- 2Ball zur Ausübung des Sportes [1]; Spielgerät
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fußball appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er spielt für sein Leben gern Fußball.
Die deutsche Frauen-Nationalmannschaft ist 2009 das siebente Mal Fußball-Europameister geworden.
Antonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.