feb

abbrev

The verdict

“feb” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #22,333) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#22,333
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung für den Monat februari; Februar

Corpus desk

Index DE-feb · feb · German

feb · rank #22,333 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,333
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH exzellente

Nearest frequency peer: exzellente (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „feb“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „feb“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

feb vs fi
33% similar
feb vs FH
0% similar
feb vs fl
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for feb
PropertyValue
Headwordfeb
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters3
Frequency rank#22,333
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „feb“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.febliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „exzellente“ (#22,332), „fiese“ (#22,334), „Essenz“ (#22,331). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „feb“ bei #22,333. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for feb is neighbouring look-alikes ("fi", "FH", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation. Frequency #22,333 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Gloss: "Abkürzung für den Monat februari; Februar".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for feb, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fi", "FH", "fl", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is feb, spelled F-E-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abkürzung für den Monat februari; Februar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. feb, den andra månaden på året

Antonyms

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 "feb"?
"feb" is spelled F-E-B.
What does "feb" mean?
As an abbreviation, "feb" means: Abkürzung für den Monat februari; Februar
What words are commonly confused with "feb"?
"feb" is commonly confused with "fi", "FH", "fl". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "feb" come from?
"feb" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list