Funkhaus

[ˈfʊŋkˌhaʊ̯s]

/[ˈfʊŋkˌhaʊ̯s]/ noun

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The verdict

“Funkhaus” is uncommon German (frequency #60,587 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,587
frequency rank, German
45,736
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gebäude, in welchem/welchen für den Funkbetrieb wichtige Einrichtungen eines Senders sind

Key facts for Funkhaus
PropertyValue
HeadwordFunkhaus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfʊŋkˌhaʊ̯s]
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,587
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Funkhaus” 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). Funkhaus lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Funkhaus is uncommon German at frequency #60,587 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʊŋkˌhaʊ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gebäude, in welchem/welchen für den Funkbetrieb wichtige Einrichtungen eines Senders sind".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Funkhaus, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Funkhaus, spelled F-U-N-K-H-A-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gebäude, in welchem/welchen für den Funkbetrieb wichtige Einrichtungen eines Senders sind

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 "Funkhaus"?
"Funkhaus" is spelled F-U-N-K-H-A-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʊŋkˌhaʊ̯s].
What does "Funkhaus" mean?
As a noun, "Funkhaus" means: Gebäude, in welchem/welchen für den Funkbetrieb wichtige Einrichtungen eines Senders sind
How do you pronounce "Funkhaus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Funkhaus" is [ˈfʊŋkˌhaʊ̯s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Funkhaus" come from?
"Funkhaus" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Funkhaus”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is F-U-N-K-H-A-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈfʊŋkˌhaʊ̯s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list