furios
[fuˈʁi̯oːs]
The verdict
“furios” is an uncommon German word, ranked #80,384 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #80,384
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mit viel Energie, Leidenschaft und Schwung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | furios |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fuˈʁi̯oːs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,384 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “furios” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for furios is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fuˈʁi̯oːs]. Corpus data places it at rank #80,384 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1mit viel Energie, Leidenschaft und Schwung
This word in other languages
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 “furios”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-U-R-I-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fuˈʁi̯oːs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.