fails

Name: fails, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[feɪlz]

/[feɪlz]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“fails” is uncommon German (frequency #77,943 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,943
frequency rank, German: 3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs fail

Corpus desk

Index DE-fails · fails · German

fails · rank #77,943 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #77,943
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 3,474
PHOTO-FINISH fahrbereit

Nearest frequency peer: fahrbereit (-2 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.

Fachpublikum

22,062
fader

22,061
fahrbereit

22,060
fails

22,058
Fasan

22,056
Favoritenro…

22,054

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

Key facts for fails
Property	Value
Headword	fails
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[feɪlz]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#77,943
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fails“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.failsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#77,943

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „fahrbereit“ (#77,941), „Fasan“ (#77,945), „fader“ (#77,940). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fails“ bei #77,943. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fails is uncommon German at frequency #77,943 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [feɪlz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs fail".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fails, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is fails, spelled F-A-I-L-S.

Definition

1
Plural des Substantivs fail

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 "fails"?

"fails" is spelled F-A-I-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is [feɪlz].

What does "fails" mean?

As a noun, "fails" means: Plural des Substantivs fail

How do you pronounce "fails"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fails" is [feɪlz]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "fails" come from?

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Fasan#77,945 fader#77,940 Espen#77,928 fossa#77,973