fällig
The verdict
“fällig” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,057 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #8,057
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: innerhalb der Erfüllungsfrist befindlich
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fällig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfɛlɪç] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,057 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fällig” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for fällig is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɛlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,057 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fällig, with forms such as "ffällig", "flälig", and "fälig". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "falls", "fällt", "farbig", 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 fällig, spelled F-Ä-L-L-I-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1innerhalb der Erfüllungsfrist befindlich
- 2den Verhältnissen angemessen, in der betreffenden Situation oder zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt zu erwarten
- 3verfallend
- 4zur Bekämpfung oder Vernichtung vorgesehen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffällig,flälig,fälig,fälilg,fällgi,fälligg,äfllig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fällig — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "fällig"
Frequency rank: #8,057 in German
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Using “fällig”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-Ä-L-L-I-G — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfɛlɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “falls” — see the side-by-side comparison. fällig vs falls
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Nearby German words
Other entries that begin with the letter F in our German index: