fürchterlicher
[ˈfʏʁçtɐlɪçɐ]
The verdict
“fürchterlicher” is uncommon German (frequency #90,285 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,285
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs fürchterlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-furchterlicher · fürchterlicher · German
fürchterlicher · rank #90,285 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,285
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH fusionierte
Nearest frequency peer: fusionierte (-2 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 „fürchterlicher“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- fruchtet
fruchtet
9,720 corpus weight
- Fuchsbau
Fuchsbau
9,719 corpus weight
- fusionierte
fusionierte
9,718 corpus weight
- fürchterlic…
fürchterlicher
9,716 corpus weight
- galante
galante
9,714 corpus weight
- Galgenberg
Galgenberg
9,713 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fürchterlicher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fürchterlicher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfʏʁçtɐlɪçɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #90,285 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fürchterlicher“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fürchterlicher is uncommon German at frequency #90,285 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfʏʁçtɐlɪçɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for fürchterlicher in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is fürchterlicher, spelled F-Ü-R-C-H-T-E-R-L-I-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs fürchterlich
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs fürchterlich
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs fürchterlich
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs fürchterlich
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs fürchterlich
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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