furios

[fuˈʁi̯oːs]

/[fuˈʁi̯oːs]/ adj

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The verdict

“furios” is uncommon German (frequency #80,384 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,384
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit viel Energie, Leidenschaft und Schwung

Corpus desk

Index DE-furios · furios · German

furios · rank #80,384 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,384
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Frühwarnsystem

Nearest frequency peer: Frühwarnsystem (-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 „furios“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for furios
PropertyValue
Headwordfurios
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fuˈʁi̯oːs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#80,384
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „furios“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.furiosfällt 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: „Frühwarnsystem“ (#80,383), „furiosen“ (#80,385), „Frühstadium“ (#80,382). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „furios“ bei #80,384. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

furios is uncommon German at frequency #80,384 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fuˈʁi̯oːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit viel Energie, Leidenschaft und Schwung".

Zero misspellings are on record for furios in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is furios, spelled F-U-R-I-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit viel Energie, Leidenschaft und Schwung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Was dann bleibt, ist die Erinnerung an die vielleicht furioseste Rede, die je ein Finanzdirektorenkandidat in den USA gehalten hat (und dabei gefilmt wurde).
  2. Doch ähnlich wie zu Beginn der Saison startete der Verein eine furiose Aufholjagd.

This word in other languages

furious(English)

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 "furios"?
"furios" is spelled F-U-R-I-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [fuˈʁi̯oːs].
What does "furios" mean?
As an adjective, "furios" means: mit viel Energie, Leidenschaft und Schwung
How do you pronounce "furios"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "furios" is [fuˈʁi̯oːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Gebräu#80,395geilem#80,403Geiser#80,404Geraer#80,414

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list