fälschte
[ˈfɛlʃtə]
The verdict
“fälschte” is uncommon German (frequency #97,019 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,019
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fälschen
Corpus desk
Index DE-falschte · fälschte · German
fälschte · rank #97,019 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,019
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH Färbungen
Nearest frequency peer: Färbungen (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “fälschte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Friseuse
Friseuse
2,986 corpus weight
- Fundis
Fundis
2,985 corpus weight
- fälschte
fälschte
2,982 corpus weight
- Färbungen
Färbungen
2,981 corpus weight
- Förderprogr…
Förderprogramms
2,980 corpus weight
- Fünfhaus
Fünfhaus
2,979 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “fälschte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fälschte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɛlʃtə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,019 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fälschte” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fälschte is uncommon German at frequency #97,019 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɛlʃtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for fälschte in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is fälschte, spelled F-Ä-L-S-C-H-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fälschen
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fälschen
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fälschen
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fälschen
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 "fälschte", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.