funktionsfähige

[fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːnsˌfɛːɪɡə]

/[fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːnsˌfɛːɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“funktionsfähige” is uncommon German (frequency #61,515 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,515
frequency rank, German
45,736
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs funktionsfähig

Corpus desk

Index DE-funktionsfahige · funktionsfähige · German

funktionsfähige · rank #61,515 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,515
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 45,736
  • PHOTO-FINISH fulminanten

Nearest frequency peer: fulminanten (-1 rank slots)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “funktionsfähige”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “funktionsfähige” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for funktionsfähige
PropertyValue
Headwordfunktionsfähige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːnsˌfɛːɪɡə]
Letters15
Frequency rank#61,515
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “funktionsfähige” 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). funktionsfähige lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

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

Rare enough to double-check

funktionsfähige is uncommon German at frequency #61,515 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːnsˌfɛːɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for funktionsfähige, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is funktionsfähige, spelled F-U-N-K-T-I-O-N-S-F-Ä-H-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs funktionsfähig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs funktionsfähig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs funktionsfähig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs funktionsfähig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs funktionsfähig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs funktionsfähig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs funktionsfähig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs funktionsfähig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs funktionsfähig

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "funktionsfähige"?
"funktionsfähige" is spelled F-U-N-K-T-I-O-N-S-F-Ä-H-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːnsˌfɛːɪɡə].
What does "funktionsfähige" mean?
As an adjective, "funktionsfähige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs funktionsfähig
How do you pronounce "funktionsfähige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "funktionsfähige" is [fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːnsˌfɛːɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "funktionsfähige" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "funktionsfähige", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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