fare

/[ˈfaːre]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#79,142

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

fare is aGermanverb. It means: machen, tun Pronounced [ˈfaːre].

Key facts for fare
PropertyValue
Headwordfare
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfaːre]
Letters4
Frequency rank#79,142
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fare in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for fare is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfaːre]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,142 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for fare in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is fare, spelled F-A-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    machen, tun
  2. 2
    erschaffen, herstellen
  3. 3
    kochen, zubereiten
  4. 4
    treiben, betreiben
  5. 5
    spielen, sich benehmen, sich anstellen
  6. 6
    sein
  7. 7
    zurücklegen, fahren
  8. 8
    (an der Universität) studieren
  9. 9
    lernen
  10. 10
    packen, schaffen
  11. 11
    entscheiden
  12. 12
    machen, tun
  13. 13
    lassen
  14. 14
    fungieren, darstellen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #79,142 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fare"?
"fare" is spelled F-A-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaːre].
What does "fare" mean?
As a verb, "fare" means: machen, tun
How do you pronounce "fare"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fare" is [ˈfaːre]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fare" come from?
"fare" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.