faire

[ˈfɛːʁə]

/[ˈfɛːʁə]/ adj

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The verdict

“faire” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,714. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,714
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fair

Corpus desk

Index DE-faire · faire · German

faire · rank #9,714 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,714
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH erzogen

Nearest frequency peer: erzogen (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „faire“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „faire“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

faire vs far
60% similar
faire vs fake
60% similar
faire vs fire
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for faire
PropertyValue
Headwordfaire
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈfɛːʁə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,714
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „faire“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).faireliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „erzogen“ (#9,713), „faktisch“ (#9,715), „erforscht“ (#9,711). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „faire“ bei #9,714. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around faire (IPA [ˈfɛːʁə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,714 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for faire, with forms such as "afire", "faier", and "fairre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "far", "fake", "fire", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is faire, spelled F-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fair
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fair
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fair
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fair
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fair
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fair
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fair
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fair
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fair

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afire
  • faier
  • fairre
  • farie
  • ffaire
  • fiare

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of faire - 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.

afire2faier2fairre1farie2ffaire1fiare2
Edit distance from "faire"

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 "faire"?
"faire" is spelled F-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛːʁə].
What does "faire" mean?
As an adjective, "faire" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fair
What words are commonly confused with "faire"?
"faire" is commonly confused with "far", "fake", "fire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "faire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faire" is [ˈfɛːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faire" come from?
"faire" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list