Fürstbischof
[ˌfʏʁstˈbɪʃɔf]
The verdict
“Fürstbischof” is uncommon German (frequency #62,426 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,426
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bischof, der zugleich Fürst (Landesherr) war
Corpus desk
Index DE-furstbischof · Fürstbischof · German
Fürstbischof · rank #62,426 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,426
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH fühlbar
Nearest frequency peer: fühlbar (-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 „Fürstbischof“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- funktionier…
funktionierender
37,579 corpus weight
- funktionsfä…
funktionsfähigen
37,578 corpus weight
- Furtwangen
Furtwangen
37,577 corpus weight
- fühlbar
fühlbar
37,576 corpus weight
- Fürstbischof
Fürstbischof
37,575 corpus weight
- gallerie
gallerie
37,574 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fürstbischof“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fürstbischof |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌfʏʁstˈbɪʃɔf] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #62,426 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fürstbischof“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fürstbischof is uncommon German at frequency #62,426 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌfʏʁstˈbɪʃɔf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bischof, der zugleich Fürst (Landesherr) war".
Zero misspellings are on record for Fürstbischof in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Fürstbischof, spelled F-Ü-R-S-T-B-I-S-C-H-O-F.
Definition
- 1Bischof, der zugleich Fürst (Landesherr) war
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fürstbischof appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit unerhörtem Freimut redet hier ein einfacher Ordensgeistlicher den Kurfürsten, Fürstbischöfen und ihren Beichtvätern ins Gewissen.“
„Vielleicht ist dieser Lampe nicht nur ein Mitarbeiter Kants, argwöhnt er, sondern auch beauftragt vom hiesigen Fürstbischof zu überprüfen, ob er, Papin, mit den Geldern auch angemessen umgehe.“
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).