Farce
[ˈfaʁsə]
The verdict
“Farce” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,913. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,913
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - derb-komisches Lustspiel, Füllstück zwischen Schauspielen
Corpus desk
Index DE-farce · Farce · German
Farce · rank #20,913 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,913
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Familienmitgl…
Nearest frequency peer: Familienmitglied (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Farce“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Exporte
Exporte
79,091 corpus weight
- Fachrichtung
Fachrichtung
79,090 corpus weight
- Familienmit…
Familienmitglied
79,089 corpus weight
- Farce
Farce
79,088 corpus weight
- FCB
FCB
79,087 corpus weight
- fehlerfrei
fehlerfrei
79,086 corpus weight
What this shows „Farce“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Farce |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaʁsə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #20,913 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Farce“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Farce (IPA [ˈfaʁsə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,913 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Farce, with forms such as "afrce", "facre", and "farcce". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "free", "fire", "farm", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Farce, spelled F-A-R-C-E.
Definition
- 1derb-komisches Lustspiel, Füllstück zwischen Schauspielen
- 2eine Füllung zum Beispiel für Pasteten oder Geflügel
- 3lächerliche Sache oder Szene, Unsinn, ein durch unangemessene Herangehensweise verfehlter, abgewerteter oder auch abwertender Vorgang
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Farce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Auftritt der Laienspielgruppe zeigte eine gelungene Interpretation der Farce von George Tabori.
Die gebratenen Forellen waren mit einer leckeren Farce aus Wurzelgemüse gefüllt.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afrce
- facre
- farcce
- farec
- farrce
- ffarce
- frace
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Farce - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Farce", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).