Führung
[ˈfyːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Führung” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #1,593 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,593
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Handlung, der Prozess oder die Tätigkeit, ein bewegliches Objekt oder eine Person/Personengruppe zu steuern, in eine Richtung oder ein Verhalten zu weisen oder zu führen
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Führung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfyːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,593 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Führung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Führung is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfyːʁʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,593 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Führung, with forms such as "fführung", "fhürung", and "fühhrung". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Füllung", "Führungen", "führen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Führung, spelled F-Ü-H-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1die Handlung, der Prozess oder die Tätigkeit, ein bewegliches Objekt oder eine Person/Personengruppe zu steuern, in eine Richtung oder ein Verhalten zu weisen oder zu führen
- 2das Recht oder die Rolle einer leitenden Person in einem Unternehmen, Leitungsaufgaben auszuführen, insbesondere zu personellen Maßnahmen, wie Arbeitseinteilung, Personaleinstellung und -entlassung
- 3eine leitende oder führende (Spitzen-)Person oder Personengruppe, welche in einem Unternehmen, einer Institution, einer Partei, einem Verein oder Ähnlichem, Führungsaufgaben ausführen darf
- 4das Objekt selbst, wie etwa ein Maschinenelement, welches einem anderen Bauteil beziehungsweise Bauelement eine bestimmte, zielgerichtete, geführte Bewegungsrichtung oder Position aufzwingt
- 5eine geleitete Besichtigung, zumeist mit entsprechenden Erklärungen
- 6zeitlicher oder räumlicher Vorsprung
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fführung,fhürung,fühhrung,führnug,führrung,führugn,führungg,führunng,fühurng,fürhung,üfhrung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Führung - 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.
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 “Führung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-Ü-H-R-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfyːʁʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Füllung” - see the side-by-side comparison. Führung vs Füllung
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.