Faber
[ˈfaːbɐ]
The verdict
“Faber” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,880. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,880
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bearbeiter von Metallen, Schmied
Corpus desk
Index DE-faber · Faber · German
Faber · rank #18,880 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,880
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fackeln
Nearest frequency peer: Fackeln (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Faber”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ernstfall
Ernstfall
81,124 corpus weight
- Erzeugnisse
Erzeugnisse
81,123 corpus weight
- Faber
Faber
81,121 corpus weight
- Fackeln
Fackeln
81,120 corpus weight
- FAQ
FAQ
81,119 corpus weight
- Feldes
Feldes
81,118 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Faber” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Faber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaːbɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #18,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Faber” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Faber (IPA [ˈfaːbɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,880 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Faber, with forms such as "afber", "fabber", and "faberr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "far", "fair", "fake", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Faber, spelled F-A-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Bearbeiter von Metallen, Schmied
- 2Bearbeiter von Holz oder Stein
- 3eine Weißweinsorte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Faber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hast du den Faber beauftragt?
Können sie mir sagen, wo Faber angebaut wird?
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afber
- fabber
- faberr
- faebr
- fbaer
- ffaber
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Faber - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Faber", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Faber". Here's where to go from here.
- "Faber" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "far". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #18,880 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.