fehlerhaft
[ˈfeːlɐhaft]
The verdict
“fehlerhaft” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,236. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,236
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Fehlern; nicht ohne Fehler oder Mängel
Corpus desk
Index DE-fehlerhaft · fehlerhaft · German
fehlerhaft · rank #18,236 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,236
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fasching
Nearest frequency peer: Fasching (-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 “fehlerhaft”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Fahrschule
Fahrschule
81,768 corpus weight
- Familienunt…
Familienunternehmen
81,767 corpus weight
- Fasching
Fasching
81,766 corpus weight
- fehlerhaft
fehlerhaft
81,765 corpus weight
- Feierlichke…
Feierlichkeiten
81,764 corpus weight
- fetter
fetter
81,763 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “fehlerhaft” 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 | fehlerhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfeːlɐhaft] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #18,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fehlerhaft” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around fehlerhaft (IPA [ˈfeːlɐhaft]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,236 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "mit Fehlern; nicht ohne Fehler oder Mängel".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for fehlerhaft, with forms such as "efhlerhaft", "fehelrhaft", and "fehhlerhaft". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fehlerhafte", "fehlerhaften", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 fehlerhaft, spelled F-E-H-L-E-R-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1mit Fehlern; nicht ohne Fehler oder Mängel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fehlerhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fehlerhafte Sätze markiert der Lehrer mit einem F.
Wir können keine fehlerhaften Geräte verkaufen.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efhlerhaft
- fehelrhaft
- fehhlerhaft
- fehlehraft
- fehlerahft
- fehlerhafft
- fehlerhaftt
- fehlerhatf
- fehlerhfat
- fehlerhhaft
- fehlerrhaft
- fehllerhaft
- fehlrehaft
- felherhaft
- ffehlerhaft
- fhelerhaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fehlerhaft - 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 September 3, 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 "fehlerhaft", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "fehlerhaft". Here's where to go from here.
- "fehlerhaft" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "fehlerhafte". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #18,236 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.