Falle

/[ˈfalə]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,726

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Falle is aGermannoun. It means: Vorrichtung zum Fangen von Wildtieren Pronounced [ˈfalə]. It ranks #1,726 in German word frequency. Often confused with faul and full.

Key facts for Falle
PropertyValue
HeadwordFalle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfalə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,726
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Falle in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Falle is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfalə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,726 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Falle, with forms such as "aflle", "fale", and "falel". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "faul", "full", "Fell", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Falle, spelled F-A-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vorrichtung zum Fangen von Wildtieren
  2. 2
    Konstrukt zum Fangen, Festhalten, Überlisten, Hinterhalt
  3. 3
    Regelungseinrichtung für den Wasserfluss an Fließgewässern
  4. 4
    Teil eines Türschlosses, der die Tür im Anschlag hält, nachdem sie „ins Schloss gefallen ist“; Türklinke, Klinke
  5. 5
    Bett, Bettstelle
  6. 6
    kurz für Sprengfalle
  7. 7
    Ionenfalle
  8. 8
    Paul-Falle
  9. 9
    magneto-optische Falle
  10. 10
    Penning-Falle
  11. 11
    Kühlfalle, Teil eines Versuchsaufbaus oder einer Anlage in der Chemie und chemischen Industrie
  12. 12
    Erdölfalle, eine nach oben abgedichtete geologische Formation, in der sich Erdöl oder Erdgas sammelt
  13. 13
    Meteoritenfalle, einen Bereich eines Gletschers, an dem sich Meteoriten sammeln

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aflle,fale,falel,ffalle,flale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Falle

Misspelling Variants of "Falle"

aflle5fale4falel5ffalle6flale5
Misspelling Variants of "Falle"

Frequency rank: #1,726 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Falle"?
"Falle" is spelled F-A-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfalə].
What does "Falle" mean?
As a noun, "Falle" means: Vorrichtung zum Fangen von Wildtieren
What words are commonly confused with "Falle"?
"Falle" is commonly confused with "faul", "full", "Fell". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Falle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Falle" is [ˈfalə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Falle" come from?
"Falle" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.