fehldeuten
[ˈfeːlˌdɔɪ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“fehldeuten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine falsche Interpretation machen; eine falsche Botschaft vermuten
Corpus desk
Index DE-fehldeuten · fehldeuten · German
fehldeuten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | fehldeuten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfeːlˌdɔɪ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fehldeuten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fehldeuten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfeːlˌdɔɪ̯tn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine falsche Interpretation machen; eine falsche Botschaft vermuten".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fehldeuten, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is fehldeuten, spelled F-E-H-L-D-E-U-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine falsche Interpretation machen; eine falsche Botschaft vermuten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fehldeuten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deute ich das jetzt fehl, oder willst du jetzt unbedingt nach Hause?
Achtung, so ein Schatten hier auf der Aufnahme wird leicht als Lymphknoten fehlgedeutet!
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.