fehlende

/[ˈfeːləndə]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,983

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

fehlende is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fehlend Pronounced [ˈfeːləndə]. It ranks #4,983 in German word frequency. Often confused with führende and fehlenden.

Key facts for fehlende
PropertyValue
Headwordfehlende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈfeːləndə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,983
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fehlende in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for fehlende is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfeːləndə]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,983 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for fehlende, with forms such as "efhlende", "fehelnde", and "fehhlende". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "führende", "fehlenden", "fehlender", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is fehlende, spelled F-E-H-L-E-N-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fehlend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fehlend
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fehlend
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fehlend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fehlend
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fehlend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fehlend
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fehlend
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fehlend

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efhlende,fehelnde,fehhlende,fehledne,fehlendde,fehlened,fehlennde,fehllende,fehlnede,felhende,ffehlende,fhelende

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fehlende

Misspelling Variants of "fehlende"

efhlende8fehelnde8fehhlende9fehledne8fehlendde9fehlened8fehlennde9fehllende9
Misspelling Variants of "fehlende"

Frequency rank: #4,983 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fehlende"?
"fehlende" is spelled F-E-H-L-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfeːləndə].
What does "fehlende" mean?
As an adj, "fehlende" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fehlend
What words are commonly confused with "fehlende"?
"fehlende" is commonly confused with "führende", "fehlenden", "fehlender". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fehlende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fehlende" is [ˈfeːləndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fehlende" come from?
"fehlende" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.