Fisch

\fɪʃ\

/\fɪʃ\/ noun

The verdict

“Fisch” is uncommon French (frequency #94,811 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,811
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poisson, (animal).

Corpus desk

Index FR-fisch · Fisch · French

Fisch · rank #94,811 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,811
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH financerait

Nearest frequency peer: financerait (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Fisch »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Fisch » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fisch
PropertyValue
HeadwordFisch
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɪʃ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#94,811
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Fisch » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Fischtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « financerait » (#94,810), « fiske » (#94,812), « filtrez » (#94,809). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « Fisch » est au #94,811. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fisch is uncommon French at frequency #94,811 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɪʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Fisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Fisch, spelled F-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poisson, (animal).
  2. 2
    Poisson, chair de cet animal utilisée dans l’alimentation.
  3. 3
    Poissons (constellation et signe zodiacal).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Fisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Fischer Fritz fischt frische Fische, frische Fische fischt Fischer Fritz.
  2. Selbst Fische, die im Meer gefangen werden, müssen sich in China einem Corona-Test unterziehen.

Antonyms

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Fisch"?
"Fisch" is spelled F-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is \fɪʃ\.
What does "Fisch" mean?
As a noun, "Fisch" means: Poisson, (animal).
How do you pronounce "Fisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fisch" is \fɪʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fisch" come from?
"Fisch" is a French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list