fait

[fɛ]

/[fɛ]/ noun

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The verdict

“fait” is uncommon German (frequency #53,674 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,674
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tatsache, Wirklichkeit, Faktum, Fakt

Corpus desk

Index DE-fait · fait · German

fait · rank #53,674 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,674
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fahrbahnen

Nearest frequency peer: Fahrbahnen (-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 „fait“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fait
PropertyValue
Headwordfait
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛ]
Letters4
Frequency rank#53,674
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fait“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Fahrbahnen“ (#53,673), „faseln“ (#53,676), „fau“ (#53,677). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fait“ bei #53,674. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fait is uncommon German at frequency #53,674 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tatsache, Wirklichkeit, Faktum, Fakt".

fait has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is fait, spelled F-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tatsache, Wirklichkeit, Faktum, Fakt

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 "fait"?
"fait" is spelled F-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛ].
What does "fait" mean?
As a noun, "fait" means: Tatsache, Wirklichkeit, Faktum, Fakt
How do you pronounce "fait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fait" is [fɛ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fait" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

felt#53,681fork#53,690frog#53,701Gaus#53,710

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list