Furunkel

/[fuˈʁʊŋkl̩]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#99,831

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Furunkel is aGermannoun. It means: eine tiefe, eitrige Entzündung des Haarbalgs und des umliegenden Gewebes Pronounced [fuˈʁʊŋkl̩].

Key facts for Furunkel
PropertyValue
HeadwordFurunkel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fuˈʁʊŋkl̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#99,831
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Furunkel in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Furunkel is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fuˈʁʊŋkl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #99,831 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine tiefe, eitrige Entzündung des Haarbalgs und des umliegenden Gewebes".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Furunkel in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Furunkel, spelled F-U-R-U-N-K-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine tiefe, eitrige Entzündung des Haarbalgs und des umliegenden Gewebes

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Frequency rank: #99,831 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Furunkel"?
"Furunkel" is spelled F-U-R-U-N-K-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [fuˈʁʊŋkl̩].
What does "Furunkel" mean?
As a noun, "Furunkel" means: eine tiefe, eitrige Entzündung des Haarbalgs und des umliegenden Gewebes
How do you pronounce "Furunkel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Furunkel" is [fuˈʁʊŋkl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Furunkel" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.