furchtbar
[ˈfʊʁçtbaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“furchtbar” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,484 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #5,484
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in starken Ausmaße negativ oder Entsetzen, Furcht hervorrufend
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 | furchtbar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfʊʁçtbaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “furchtbar” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for furchtbar is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfʊʁçtbaːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,484 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "in starken Ausmaße negativ oder Entsetzen, Furcht hervorrufend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for furchtbar, with forms such as "ffurchtbar", "fucrhtbar", and "furcchtbar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "furchtbare", "furchtbaren", "furchtbarer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 furchtbar, spelled F-U-R-C-H-T-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1in starken Ausmaße negativ oder Entsetzen, Furcht hervorrufend
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffurchtbar,fucrhtbar,furcchtbar,furchbtar,furchhtbar,furchtabr,furchtbarr,furchtbbar,furchtbra,furchttbar,furcthbar,furhctbar,furrchtbar,ufrchtbar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of furchtbar - 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 “furchtbar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-U-R-C-H-T-B-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfʊʁçtbaːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “furchtbare” - see the side-by-side comparison. furchtbar vs furchtbare
- 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.