faltet

[ˈfaltət]

/[ˈfaltət]/ verb

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The verdict

“faltet” is uncommon German (frequency #59,624 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,624
frequency rank, German
45,736
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs falten

Key facts for faltet
PropertyValue
Headwordfaltet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfaltət]
Letters6
Frequency rank#59,624
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “faltet” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). faltet lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

faltet is uncommon German at frequency #59,624 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfaltət]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for faltet, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 faltet, spelled F-A-L-T-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs falten
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs falten
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs falten
  4. 4
    2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs falten

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "faltet"?
"faltet" is spelled F-A-L-T-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaltət].
What does "faltet" mean?
As a verb, "faltet" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs falten
How do you pronounce "faltet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faltet" is [ˈfaltət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faltet" come from?
"faltet" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “faltet”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is F-A-L-T-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈfaltət] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list