Fältchen
[ˈfɛltçən]
The verdict
“Fältchen” is uncommon German (frequency #88,958 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,958
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine leichte, kleine Falte
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fältchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛltçən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,958 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fältchen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Fältchen is uncommon German at frequency #88,958 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛltçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine leichte, kleine Falte".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Fältchen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Fältchen, spelled F-Ä-L-T-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine leichte, kleine Falte
This word in other languages
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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Using “Fältchen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-Ä-L-T-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.