furchtbarer

Name: furchtbarer, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈfʊʁçtbaːʁɐ]

/[ˈfʊʁçtbaːʁɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“furchtbarer” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,780. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,780
frequency rank, German: 45,736
“F” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs furchtbar

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

furchtbarer vs furchtbares

91% similar

furchtbarer vs furchtbar

82% similar

furchtbarer vs furchtbare

91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for furchtbarer
Property	Value
Headword	furchtbarer
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈfʊʁçtbaːʁɐ]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#35,780
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “furchtbarer” 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). furchtbarer lands here:

#35,780

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

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

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around furchtbarer (IPA [ˈfʊʁçtbaːʁɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,780 among 45,736 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for furchtbarer, with forms such as "ffurchtbarer", "fruchtbarer", and "fucrhtbarer". 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. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "furchtbares", "furchtbar", "furchtbare", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 furchtbarer, spelled F-U-R-C-H-T-B-A-R-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs furchtbar
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs furchtbar
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs furchtbar
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs furchtbar
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs furchtbar

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffurchtbarer,fruchtbarer,fucrhtbarer,furcchtbarer,furchbtarer,furchhtbarer,furchtabrer,furchtbaerr,furchtbarerr,furchtbarrer,furchtbbarer,furchtbraer,furchttbarer,furcthbarer,furhctbarer,furrchtbarer,ufrchtbarer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of furchtbarer - 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.

Edit distance from "furchtbarer"

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 "furchtbarer"?

"furchtbarer" is spelled F-U-R-C-H-T-B-A-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʊʁçtbaːʁɐ].

What does "furchtbarer" mean?

As an adjective, "furchtbarer" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs furchtbar

What words are commonly confused with "furchtbarer"?

"furchtbarer" is commonly confused with "furchtbares", "furchtbar", "furchtbare". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "furchtbarer"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "furchtbarer" is [ˈfʊʁçtbaːʁɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "furchtbarer" come from?

"furchtbarer" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Using “furchtbarer”

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-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [ˈfʊʁçtbaːʁɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “furchtbares” - see the side-by-side comparison. furchtbarer vs furchtbares
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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.