Fehlbetrag

[ˈfeːlbəˌtʁaːk]

/[ˈfeːlbəˌtʁaːk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Fehlbetrag” is uncommon German (frequency #86,462 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,462
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geldsumme, die bei einer Abrechnung fehlt

Corpus desk

Index DE-fehlbetrag · Fehlbetrag · German

Fehlbetrag · rank #86,462 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,462
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH feg

Nearest frequency peer: feg (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Fehlbetrag“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fehlbetrag“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fehlbetrag
PropertyValue
HeadwordFehlbetrag
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfeːlbəˌtʁaːk]
Letters10
Frequency rank#86,462
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Fehlbetrag“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Fehlbetragfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „feg“ (#86,461), „Fernsehstudio“ (#86,463), „fees“ (#86,460). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Fehlbetrag“ bei #86,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fehlbetrag is uncommon German at frequency #86,462 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfeːlbəˌtʁaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Geldsumme, die bei einer Abrechnung fehlt".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Fehlbetrag in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Fehlbetrag, spelled F-E-H-L-B-E-T-R-A-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Geldsumme, die bei einer Abrechnung fehlt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Die Landesentwicklungsgesellschaft (LEG) für Städtebau, Wohnen und Verkehr Brandenburg weist für 1999 einen Fehlbetrag von 34 Millionen Mark aus und wird auch im laufenden Geschäftsjahr einen Verlust erwirtschaften.“

Antonyms

Überschuss

This word in other languages

deficit(English)

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 "Fehlbetrag"?
"Fehlbetrag" is spelled F-E-H-L-B-E-T-R-A-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfeːlbəˌtʁaːk].
What does "Fehlbetrag" mean?
As a noun, "Fehlbetrag" means: Geldsumme, die bei einer Abrechnung fehlt
How do you pronounce "Fehlbetrag"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fehlbetrag" is [ˈfeːlbəˌtʁaːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fehlbetrag" come from?
"Fehlbetrag" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list