Färber
[ˈfɛʁbɐ]
The verdict
“Färber” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,694. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,694
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemand, der beruflich die Tätigkeit des Färbens ausübt
Corpus desk
Index DE-farber · Färber · German
Färber · rank #49,694 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,694
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH furchtlos
Nearest frequency peer: furchtlos (-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 “Färber”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- frustrierte
frustrierte
50,309 corpus weight
- furchtlos
furchtlos
50,308 corpus weight
- Färber
Färber
50,307 corpus weight
- Gao
Gao
50,306 corpus weight
- geballten
geballten
50,305 corpus weight
- Gebläse
Gebläse
50,304 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Färber” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Färber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛʁbɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Färber” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Färber (IPA [ˈfɛʁbɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,694 among 45,736 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "jemand, der beruflich die Tätigkeit des Färbens ausübt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Färber, with forms such as "ffärber", "fräber", and "fäbrer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "färbt", "Farce", "Faser", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Färber, spelled F-Ä-R-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der beruflich die Tätigkeit des Färbens ausübt
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffärber
- fräber
- fäbrer
- färbber
- färberr
- färbre
- färebr
- färrber
- äfrber
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Färber - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Färber", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.