Falz
[falt͡s]
The verdict
“Falz” is an uncommon German word, ranked #94,242 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #94,242
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Kante, die entsteht, wo ein Blatt Papier oder Ähnliches gefaltet wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Falz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [falt͡s] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #94,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Falz” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Falz is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [falt͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #94,242 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Falz in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Falz, spelled F-A-L-Z.
Definition
- 1Kante, die entsteht, wo ein Blatt Papier oder Ähnliches gefaltet wird
- 2senkrechte Vertiefung, wo Buchdeckel auf Buchrücken trifft
- 3Wulst, die entsteht, wo zwei Blechteile aneinandergefügt sind, zum Beispiel oben und unten an einer Blechdose
- 4Stufe im Rand eines flachen Körpers
- 5kleiner, schmaler Pergaminpapierstreifen, der mit einer Gummierung versehen ist und mit dem man Briefmarken auf einer Unterlage, zum Beispiel auf Karton oder Papier in einem Album, befestigen kann
Synonyms
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 “Falz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-A-L-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [falt͡s] (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
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.