Faultier

[ˈfaʊ̯lˌtiːɐ̯]

/[ˈfaʊ̯lˌtiːɐ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Faultier” is uncommon German (frequency #72,399 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,399
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faultiere bilden eine Unterordnung der Ordnung der zahnarmen Säugetiere.

Corpus desk

Index DE-faultier · Faultier · German

Faultier · rank #72,399 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,399
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH faster

Nearest frequency peer: faster (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Faultier“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Faultier“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Faultier
PropertyValue
HeadwordFaultier
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfaʊ̯lˌtiːɐ̯]
Letters8
Frequency rank#72,399
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Faultier“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Faultierfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „faster“ (#72,398), „fehlgeschlagenen“ (#72,401), „Farbstoffen“ (#72,396). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Faultier“ bei #72,399. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Faultier is uncommon German at frequency #72,399 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaʊ̯lˌtiːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Faultier, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Faultier, spelled F-A-U-L-T-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faultiere bilden eine Unterordnung der Ordnung der zahnarmen Säugetiere.
  2. 2
    Bezeichnung für eine faule Person (Faulenzer)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Faultier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Das Faultier ist verwandt mit Ameisenbären und Gürteltieren.
  2. „Mammute und andere zottelige Rüsseltiere trotteten durch die Steppe; Säbelzahnkatzen stellten Riesenhirschen und wildschweingroßen Bibern nach; weiter südlich fraßen sich drei Meter hohe Faultiere und 200 Kilogramm schwere Gürteltiere satt.“

Synonyms

FolivoraFaulenzerTaugenichtsNichtstuerFaulsackFaulpelzVersager

Antonyms

ArbeiterSchwerarbeiter

This word in other languages

sloth(English)perezoso(Español)paresseux(Français)preguiça(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Faultier"?
"Faultier" is spelled F-A-U-L-T-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaʊ̯lˌtiːɐ̯].
What does "Faultier" mean?
As a noun, "Faultier" means: Faultiere bilden eine Unterordnung der Ordnung der zahnarmen Säugetiere.
How do you pronounce "Faultier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Faultier" is [ˈfaʊ̯lˌtiːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Faultier" come from?
"Faultier" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Faultier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

flackert#72,413erwählte#72,376ernstere#72,374Eritreer#72,371

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list