# fatal

> German word · Adjective · IPA [faˈtaːl] · frequency rank #17,885

## Definitions
1. unangenehm, verhängnisvoll, peinlich
2. ungünstig, schwerwiegend

## Easily confused with
- **faul** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/fatal-vs-faul)
- **fate** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/fatal-vs-fate)
- **final** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/fatal-vs-final)
- **fatale** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/fatal-vs-fatale)
- **futsal** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/fatal-vs-futsal)
- **fatalen** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/fatal-vs-fatalen)
- **fat** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/fat-vs-fatal)
- **Fall** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/fall-vs-fatal)
- **fail** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/fail-vs-fatal)
- **fata** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/fata-vs-fatal)
- **Fabel** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/fabel-vs-fatal)
- **Fatah** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/fatah-vs-fatal)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aftal`, `faatl`, `fatall`, `fatla`, `fattal`, `ffatal`, `ftaal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/fatal