Faustregel
[ˈfaʊ̯stˌʁeːɡl̩]
The verdict
“Faustregel” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,762. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,762
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - übliche, aber ungenaue Regel oder Vorgehensweise, die sich im Laufe der Zeit bewährt hat, aber nicht von Gremien oder Institutionen als allgemeingültige Formel festgesetzt wurde
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Faustregel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaʊ̯stˌʁeːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #35,762 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Faustregel” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Faustregel (IPA [ˈfaʊ̯stˌʁeːɡl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,762 among 45,736 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "übliche, aber ungenaue Regel oder Vorgehensweise, die sich im Laufe der Zeit bewährt hat, aber nicht von Gremien oder Institutionen als allgemeingültige Formel festgesetzt wurde".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Faustregel, with forms such as "afustregel", "fasutregel", and "fausrtegel". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Faustregel, spelled F-A-U-S-T-R-E-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1übliche, aber ungenaue Regel oder Vorgehensweise, die sich im Laufe der Zeit bewährt hat, aber nicht von Gremien oder Institutionen als allgemeingültige Formel festgesetzt wurde
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afustregel
- fasutregel
- fausrtegel
- fausstregel
- faustergel
- faustreegl
- faustregell
- faustreggel
- faustregle
- faustrgeel
- faustrregel
- fausttregel
- fautsregel
- ffaustregel
- fuastregel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Faustregel - 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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Using “Faustregel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-A-U-S-T-R-E-G-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfaʊ̯stˌʁeːɡl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.