Fältchen
[ˈfɛltçən]
The verdict
“Fältchen” is uncommon German (frequency #88,958 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,958
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine leichte, kleine Falte
Corpus desk
Index DE-faltchen · Fältchen · German
Fältchen · rank #88,958 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,958
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH fünffachen
Nearest frequency peer: fünffachen (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Fältchen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- funktionstü…
funktionstüchtige
11,048 corpus weight
- Fältchen
Fältchen
11,043 corpus weight
- fünffachen
fünffachen
11,042 corpus weight
- ganzheitlic…
ganzheitlicher
11,041 corpus weight
- Gartenzwerge
Gartenzwerge
11,040 corpus weight
- Garz
Garz
11,039 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fältchen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fältchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fältchen is uncommon German at frequency #88,958 among 3,474 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fältchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie senkte das Glas; ein Wölkchen von getäuschter Erwartung und Trauer lagerte sich unter den blonden Locken, die schönen Bogen der Brau’n zogen sich zusammen und ließen ein kaum merkliches Fältchen des Unmuts sehen.“
„Feine Fältchen spannten sich über ihren Nasenrücken.“
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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