Funktionsweise
[fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːnsˌvaɪ̯zə]
The verdict
“Funktionsweise” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,915. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,915
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art und Weise wie etwas funktioniert
Corpus desk
Index DE-funktionsweise · Funktionsweise · German
Funktionsweise · rank #19,915 · 21 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,915
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH funktionieren…
Nearest frequency peer: funktionierenden (-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 “Funktionsweise”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Forums
Forums
80,090 corpus weight
- Fotografin
Fotografin
80,089 corpus weight
- funktionier…
funktionierenden
80,087 corpus weight
- Funktionswe…
Funktionsweise
80,086 corpus weight
- färbt
färbt
80,085 corpus weight
- Garnichts
Garnichts
80,083 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Funktionsweise” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Funktionsweise |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːnsˌvaɪ̯zə] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #19,915 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Funktionsweise” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around Funktionsweise (IPA [fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːnsˌvaɪ̯zə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,915 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Art und Weise wie etwas funktioniert".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for Funktionsweise, with forms such as "ffunktionsweise", "fnuktionsweise", and "fukntionsweise". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Funktionsweise, spelled F-U-N-K-T-I-O-N-S-W-E-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Art und Weise wie etwas funktioniert
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Funktionsweise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"In diesem nur wenig mehr als fünf DIN-A4-Seiten langen Text beschreibt Assange zunächst die Funktionsweise von "Verschwörungen"."
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffunktionsweise
- fnuktionsweise
- fukntionsweise
- funkitonsweise
- funkktionsweise
- funktinosweise
- funktionnsweise
- funktionsewise
- funktionssweise
- funktionsweies
- funktionsweisse
- funktionswesie
- funktionswiese
- funktionswweise
- funktionwseise
- funktiosnweise
- funktoinsweise
- funkttionsweise
- funnktionsweise
- funtkionsweise
- ufnktionsweise
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Funktionsweise - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Funktionsweise", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).
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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.