fallibel
[faˈliːbl̩]
The verdict
“fallibel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fehlbar, dem Irrtum unterworfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-fallibel · fallibel · German
fallibel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fallibel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [faˈliːbl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fallibel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fallibel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [faˈliːbl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fehlbar, dem Irrtum unterworfen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fallibel, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is fallibel, spelled F-A-L-L-I-B-E-L.
Definition
- 1fehlbar, dem Irrtum unterworfen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fallibel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Solche Auffassungen von Wissen sind nun aber nicht implausibel, denn man könnte wie folgt argumentieren: Wenn Wissen fallibel ist, dann kann es sich als falsch herausstellen.
Mit dem Retorsionsargument kann man den Fallibilismus nicht aus den Angeln heben, denn der Fallibilismus ist selbstverständlich bereit, sich als fallibel, als möglicherweise widerlegbar anzusehen, also als eine Hypothese und nicht als sichere Wahrheit.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.