federführend

[ˈfeːdɐˌfyːʁənt]

/[ˈfeːdɐˌfyːʁənt]/ adj

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The verdict

“federführend” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,318. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,318
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine sehr wichtige Rolle spielend, an erster Stelle stehend, am wichtigsten

Corpus desk

Index DE-federfuhrend · federführend · German

federführend · rank #36,318 · 19 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #36,318
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Farbton

Nearest frequency peer: Farbton (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „federführend“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „federführend“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

federführend vs Federführung
75% similar

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

Key facts for federführend
PropertyValue
Headwordfederführend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈfeːdɐˌfyːʁənt]
Letters12
Frequency rank#36,318
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „federführend“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.federführendliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Farbton“ (#36,317), „Fehlers“ (#36,319), „Fahrlehrer“ (#36,316). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „federführend“ bei #36,318. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around federführend (IPA [ˈfeːdɐˌfyːʁənt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,318 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine sehr wichtige Rolle spielend, an erster Stelle stehend, am wichtigsten".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for federführend, with forms such as "efderführend", "fdeerführend", and "fedderführend". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Federführung", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is federführend, spelled F-E-D-E-R-F-Ü-H-R-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine sehr wichtige Rolle spielend, an erster Stelle stehend, am wichtigsten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Mein Team und ich waren federführend bei der Entwicklung des Produktes.“
  2. „Das Wirtschaftsministerium ist […] federführend in einem Interministeriellen Ausschuss, der aus Wirtschafts-, Finanz-, Außen- und Entwicklungsministerium besteht und über die Vergabe sogenannter Hermesbürgschaften entscheidet.“

Synonyms

maßgeblichzuständig

This word in other languages

leading(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efderführend
  • fdeerführend
  • fedderführend
  • fedefrührend
  • federfführend
  • federfhürend
  • federfühernd
  • federfühhrend
  • federführedn
  • federführendd
  • federführennd
  • federführned
  • federführrend
  • federfürhend
  • federrführend
  • federüfhrend
  • fedreführend
  • feedrführend
  • ffederführend

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of federführend - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

efderführend2fdeerführend2fedderführend1fedefrührend2federfführend1federfhürend2federfühernd2federfühhrend1
Edit distance from "federführend"

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 "federführend"?
"federführend" is spelled F-E-D-E-R-F-Ü-H-R-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfeːdɐˌfyːʁənt].
What does "federführend" mean?
As an adjective, "federführend" means: eine sehr wichtige Rolle spielend, an erster Stelle stehend, am wichtigsten
What words are commonly confused with "federführend"?
"federführend" is commonly confused with "Federführung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "federführend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "federführend" is [ˈfeːdɐˌfyːʁənt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "federführend" come from?
"federführend" 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 "federführend", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

europaweiten#36,309Erzeugnissen#36,307Frachtschiff#36,330erreichbaren#36,304

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

durchgekommen19 variantsGoldschmidt19 variantsHerzfrequenz19 variantschilenischen19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list