Funktionen
[fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːnən]
The verdict
“Funktionen” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,116 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,116
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Funktion
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 | Funktionen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːnən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #3,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Funktionen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Funktionen is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːnən]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,116 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Funktionen, with forms such as "ffunktionen", "fnuktionen", and "fukntionen". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Funktion", "Fraktionen", "Funktionär", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Funktionen, spelled F-U-N-K-T-I-O-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Funktion
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Funktion
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Funktion
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Funktion
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffunktionen,fnuktionen,fukntionen,funkitonen,funkktionen,funktinoen,funktioenn,funktionenn,funktionne,funktionnen,funktoinen,funkttionen,funnktionen,funtkionen,ufnktionen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Funktionen - 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 “Funktionen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-U-N-K-T-I-O-N-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːnən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Funktion” - see the side-by-side comparison. Funktionen vs Funktion
- 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.