fader
[ˈfaːdɐ]
The verdict
“fader” is uncommon German (frequency #77,940 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,940
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs fad
Corpus desk
Index DE-fader · fader · German
fader · rank #77,940 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,940
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fachpublikum
Nearest frequency peer: Fachpublikum (-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 „fader“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Extrablatt
Extrablatt
22,064 corpus weight
- Fachausdruck
Fachausdruck
22,063 corpus weight
- Fachpublikum
Fachpublikum
22,062 corpus weight
- fader
fader
22,061 corpus weight
- fahrbereit
fahrbereit
22,060 corpus weight
- fails
fails
22,058 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fader“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fader |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfaːdɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,940 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fader“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fader is uncommon German at frequency #77,940 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfaːdɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fader, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is fader, spelled F-A-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs fad
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs fad
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs fad
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs fad
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs fad
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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