Furchen
[ˈfʊʁçn̩]
The verdict
“Furchen” is uncommon German (frequency #61,516 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,516
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Furche
Corpus desk
Index DE-furchen · Furchen · German
Furchen · rank #61,516 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,516
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH funktionsfähi…
Nearest frequency peer: funktionsfähige (-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 “Furchen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- frittiert
frittiert
38,488 corpus weight
- fulminanten
fulminanten
38,487 corpus weight
- funktionsfä…
funktionsfähige
38,486 corpus weight
- Furchen
Furchen
38,485 corpus weight
- fusioniert
fusioniert
38,484 corpus weight
- Gasflaschen
Gasflaschen
38,482 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Furchen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Furchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfʊʁçn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,516 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Furchen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Furchen is uncommon German at frequency #61,516 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʊʁçn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Furchen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Furchen, spelled F-U-R-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Furche
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Furche
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Furche
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Furche
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 "Furchen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency 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.