fungieren
[fʊŋˈɡiːʁən]
The verdict
“fungieren” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,430. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,430
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - wirken (als), sich betätigen (als), (als etwas) dienen
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 | fungieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fʊŋˈɡiːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fungieren” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around fungieren (IPA [fʊŋˈɡiːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,430 among 45,736 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "wirken (als), sich betätigen (als), (als etwas) dienen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for fungieren, with forms such as "ffungieren", "fnugieren", and "fugnieren". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "fungiert", "fungierte", "fundierten", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is fungieren, spelled F-U-N-G-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1wirken (als), sich betätigen (als), (als etwas) dienen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffungieren,fnugieren,fugnieren,fungeiren,funggieren,fungieern,fungierenn,fungierne,fungierren,fungireen,funigeren,funngieren,ufngieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fungieren - 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 “fungieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-U-N-G-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fʊŋˈɡiːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fungiert” - see the side-by-side comparison. fungieren vs fungiert
- 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.