Furry
[ˈfɜɹi]
The verdict
“Furry” is uncommon German (frequency #79,173 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,173
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fankultur, die sich auf pelzige, anthropomorphe Tiere bezieht
Corpus desk
Index DE-furry · Furry · German
Furry · rank #79,173 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,173
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fundes
Nearest frequency peer: Fundes (-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 „Furry“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- fruchtbarer
fruchtbarer
20,832 corpus weight
- Frühlingstag
Frühlingstag
20,830 corpus weight
- Fundes
Fundes
20,829 corpus weight
- Furry
Furry
20,828 corpus weight
- Fünftklässl…
Fünftklässler
20,827 corpus weight
- gai
gai
20,826 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Furry“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Furry |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɜɹi] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Furry“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Furry is uncommon German at frequency #79,173 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɜɹi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Furry, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Furry, spelled F-U-R-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Fankultur, die sich auf pelzige, anthropomorphe Tiere bezieht
- 2Mensch, der sich stark mit anthropomorphen Tieren identifiziert oder anderweitig Gefallen an ihnen findet, Anhänger von [1]
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Furry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die „Fursuits“ werden unter anderem vom Furry selbst hergestellt und haben mitunter sehr viel Detailreichtum.
Synonyms
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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