Furche

[ˈfʊʁçə]

/[ˈfʊʁçə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Furche” is uncommon German (frequency #53,705 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,705
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine längliche, enge und flache Bodenvertiefung, für gewöhnlich auf einem Acker

Corpus desk

Index DE-furche · Furche · German

Furche · rank #53,705 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,705
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Funkturm

Nearest frequency peer: Funkturm (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Furche“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Furche“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Furche
PropertyValue
HeadwordFurche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfʊʁçə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#53,705
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Furche“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Furchefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Funkturm“ (#53,704), „Frühschicht“ (#53,703), „fünffache“ (#53,707). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Furche“ bei #53,705. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Furche is uncommon German at frequency #53,705 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʊʁçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Furche, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Furche, spelled F-U-R-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine längliche, enge und flache Bodenvertiefung, für gewöhnlich auf einem Acker
  2. 2
    eine tiefe Falte, meist im Gesicht
  3. 3
    tiefe Linie im Wasser hinter einem fahrenden Wasserfahrzeug

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Furche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Bauer zog Furchen mit dem Pflug in den Acker.
  2. „Die Dämmerung brach herein, und Krähen ließen sich in den Furchen nieder.“

This word in other languages

furrow(English)surco(Español)sillon(Français)

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 "Furche"?
"Furche" is spelled F-U-R-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʊʁçə].
What does "Furche" mean?
As a noun, "Furche" means: eine längliche, enge und flache Bodenvertiefung, für gewöhnlich auf einem Acker
How do you pronounce "Furche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Furche" is [ˈfʊʁçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Furche" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Frevel#53,699Gebälk#53,713faules#53,678faseln#53,676

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list