Falafel
[faˈlafl̩]
The verdict
“Falafel” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,873. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,873
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gericht aus pürierten Puffbohnen (Vicia faba) – nach ägyptischer Tradition – oder Kichererbsen (Cicer arietinum) – nach levantinischer Tradition – beziehungsweise einer Kombination aus beiden, die ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Falafel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [faˈlafl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Falafel” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Falafel (IPA [faˈlafl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,873 among 45,736 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gericht aus pürierten Puffbohnen (Vicia faba) – nach ägyptischer Tradition – oder Kichererbsen (Cicer arietinum) – nach levantinischer Tradition – beziehungsweise einer Kombination aus beiden, die ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Falafel, with forms such as "aflafel", "faalfel", and "falaefl". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Falafel, spelled F-A-L-A-F-E-L.
Definition
- 1Gericht aus pürierten Puffbohnen (Vicia faba) – nach ägyptischer Tradition – oder Kichererbsen (Cicer arietinum) – nach levantinischer Tradition – beziehungsweise einer Kombination aus beiden, die mit diversen Kräutern, Knoblauch und anderen Zutaten gemischt und als Bällchen (Kroketten) in siedendem Öl frittiert und traditionell im Pitabrot mit Joghurtsoße, Hummus und Salat oder zusammen mit anderen Mezze serviert werden
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aflafel
- faalfel
- falaefl
- falafell
- falaffel
- falafle
- falfael
- fallafel
- ffalafel
- flaafel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Falafel - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “Falafel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-A-L-A-F-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [faˈlafl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.