Facepalm
[ˈfɛɪ̯spaːm]
The verdict
“Facepalm” is uncommon German (frequency #52,075 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,075
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Geste, in der eine Hand Teile des eigenen Gesichts bedeckt, um damit Ärger über eine Dummheit, ein unerwünschtes Ereignis und Ähnliches zum Ausdruck zu bringen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Facepalm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛɪ̯spaːm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,075 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Facepalm” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Facepalm is uncommon German at frequency #52,075 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛɪ̯spaːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Geste, in der eine Hand Teile des eigenen Gesichts bedeckt, um damit Ärger über eine Dummheit, ein unerwünschtes Ereignis und Ähnliches zum Ausdruck zu bringen".
Facepalm doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Facepalm, spelled F-A-C-E-P-A-L-M.
Definition
- 1Geste, in der eine Hand Teile des eigenen Gesichts bedeckt, um damit Ärger über eine Dummheit, ein unerwünschtes Ereignis und Ähnliches zum Ausdruck zu bringen
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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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Using “Facepalm”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-A-C-E-P-A-L-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfɛɪ̯spaːm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.