Federführung
[ˈfeːdɐˌfyːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Federführung” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,583. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,583
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verantwortung/Leitung innerhalb einer Organisation, Gruppe oder dergleichen
Corpus desk
Index DE-federfuhrung · Federführung · German
Federführung · rank #33,583 · 19 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #33,583
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH faktische
Nearest frequency peer: faktische (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Federführung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Extremitäten
Extremitäten
66,421 corpus weight
- fahrlässige
fahrlässige
66,420 corpus weight
- faktische
faktische
66,419 corpus weight
- Federführung
Federführung
66,418 corpus weight
- Feindbild
Feindbild
66,417 corpus weight
- femme
femme
66,416 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Federführung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Federführung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfeːdɐˌfyːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #33,583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Federführung” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around Federführung (IPA [ˈfeːdɐˌfyːʁʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,583 among 45,736 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Verantwortung/Leitung innerhalb einer Organisation, Gruppe oder dergleichen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Federführung, with forms such as "efderführung", "fdeerführung", and "fedderführung". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "federführend", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Federführung, spelled F-E-D-E-R-F-Ü-H-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Verantwortung/Leitung innerhalb einer Organisation, Gruppe oder dergleichen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efderführung
- fdeerführung
- fedderführung
- fedefrührung
- federfführung
- federfhürung
- federfühhrung
- federführnug
- federführrung
- federführugn
- federführungg
- federführunng
- federfühurng
- federfürhung
- federrführung
- federüfhrung
- fedreführung
- feedrführung
- ffederführung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Federführung - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Federführung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).
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.