fal

[fɒl]

/[fɒl]/ noun

The verdict

“fal” is uncommon German (frequency #71,316 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,316
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Wand

Corpus desk

Index DE-fal · fal · German

fal · rank #71,316 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,316
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH fai

Nearest frequency peer: fai (-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 „fal“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fal
PropertyValue
Headwordfal
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɒl]
Letters3
Frequency rank#71,316
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fal“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).falfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „fai“ (#71,315), „Fanatikern“ (#71,317), „Fahrstunden“ (#71,314). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fal“ bei #71,316. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fal is uncommon German at frequency #71,316 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɒl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Wand".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fal, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is fal, spelled F-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Wand

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how fal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Állítsd a biciglit a falhoz.

Synonyms

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 "fal"?
"fal" is spelled F-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [fɒl].
What does "fal" mean?
As a noun, "fal" means: die Wand
How do you pronounce "fal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fal" is [fɒl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fal" come from?
"fal" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list