fälschen
[ˈfɛlʃn̩]
The verdict
“fälschen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,539. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,539
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in betrügerischer Absicht etwas herstellen, das wirken soll, als hätte es einen anderen Urheber
Corpus desk
Index DE-falschen · fälschen · German
fälschen · rank #32,539 · 13 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,539
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH funktionsfähig
Nearest frequency peer: funktionsfähig (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „fälschen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Frühsommer
Frühsommer
67,465 corpus weight
- FSJ
FSJ
67,464 corpus weight
- funktionsfä…
funktionsfähig
67,463 corpus weight
- fälschen
fälschen
67,462 corpus weight
- füllten
füllten
67,460 corpus weight
- fürstlichen
fürstlichen
67,459 corpus weight
What this shows „fälschen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fälschen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɛlʃn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #32,539 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „fälschen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around fälschen (IPA [ˈfɛlʃn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,539 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "in betrügerischer Absicht etwas herstellen, das wirken soll, als hätte es einen anderen Urheber".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for fälschen, with forms such as "ffälschen", "fläschen", and "fälcshen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Flächen", "fischen", "fluchen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 fälschen, spelled F-Ä-L-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1in betrügerischer Absicht etwas herstellen, das wirken soll, als hätte es einen anderen Urheber
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fälschen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mein Sohn fälschte meine Unterschrift auf der Klassenarbeit.
Dokumente wie Geburtsurkunden oder Pässe fälscht man, um eine neue Identität anzunehmen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffälschen
- fläschen
- fälcshen
- fällschen
- fälscchen
- fälscehn
- fälschenn
- fälschhen
- fälschne
- fälshcen
- fälsschen
- fäslchen
- äflschen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fälschen - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fälschen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).