febril
[feˈbʁiːl]
The verdict
“febril” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Fieber einhergehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-febril · febril · German
febril · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | febril |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [feˈbʁiːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „febril“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
febril is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [feˈbʁiːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how febril appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Geht der Stupor mit Fieber einher, spricht man von einer febrilen, perniziösen, oder malignen Katatonie.“
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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.