faint
[feɪnt]
The verdict
“faint” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Ohnmacht
Corpus desk
Index DE-faint · faint · German
faint · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faint |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [feɪnt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „faint“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
faint is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [feɪnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for faint, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is faint, spelled F-A-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1die Ohnmacht
- 2der Ohnmachtsanfall
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.