gefunkt

[ɡəˈfʊŋkt]

/[ɡəˈfʊŋkt]/ verb

The verdict

“gefunkt” is uncommon German (frequency #65,258 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,258
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs funken

Corpus desk

Index DE-gefunkt · gefunkt · German

gefunkt · rank #65,258 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,258
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gefriert

Nearest frequency peer: gefriert (-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 „gefunkt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gefunkt
PropertyValue
Headwordgefunkt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈfʊŋkt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,258
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gefunkt“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).gefunktfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gefriert“ (#65,257), „gefällst“ (#65,259), „geflasht“ (#65,256). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gefunkt“ bei #65,258. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gefunkt is uncommon German at frequency #65,258 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈfʊŋkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs funken".

No misspelling variants are generated for gefunkt in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is gefunkt, spelled G-E-F-U-N-K-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs funken

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 "gefunkt"?
"gefunkt" is spelled G-E-F-U-N-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈfʊŋkt].
What does "gefunkt" mean?
As a verb, "gefunkt" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs funken
How do you pronounce "gefunkt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gefunkt" is [ɡəˈfʊŋkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gefunkt" come from?
"gefunkt" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list