Fehlentwicklung
[ˈfeːlʔɛntˌvɪklʊŋ]
The verdict
“Fehlentwicklung” is uncommon German (frequency #85,216 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,216
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Veränderung in die falsche Richtung in einem zeitlichen Prozess
Corpus desk
Index DE-fehlentwicklung · Fehlentwicklung · German
Fehlentwicklung · rank #85,216 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,216
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Faschingszug
Nearest frequency peer: Faschingszug (-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 „Fehlentwicklung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Falschinfor…
Falschinformationen
14,789 corpus weight
- Faschingszug
Faschingszug
14,786 corpus weight
- Fehlentwick…
Fehlentwicklung
14,785 corpus weight
- Felsformati…
Felsformationen
14,784 corpus weight
- felsige
felsige
14,783 corpus weight
- Fenn
Fenn
14,782 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fehlentwicklung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fehlentwicklung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfeːlʔɛntˌvɪklʊŋ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #85,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fehlentwicklung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fehlentwicklung is uncommon German at frequency #85,216 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfeːlʔɛntˌvɪklʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Veränderung in die falsche Richtung in einem zeitlichen Prozess".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Fehlentwicklung in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Fehlentwicklung, spelled F-E-H-L-E-N-T-W-I-C-K-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Veränderung in die falsche Richtung in einem zeitlichen Prozess
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fehlentwicklung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach den Fehlentwicklungen in der Schule musste der Direktor Konsequenzen ankündigen, wenn sie nicht bald behoben werden.
Die Fehlentwicklung der API-Schnittstelle musste sofort korrigiert und eingecheckt werden.
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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.
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