febril
[feˈbʁiːl]
The verdict
“febril” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mit Fieber einhergehend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | febril |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [feˈbʁiːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “febril” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for febril is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [feˈbʁiːl]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mit Fieber einhergehend".
febril doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is febril, spelled F-E-B-R-I-L.
Definition
- 1mit Fieber einhergehend
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “febril”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-E-B-R-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.