Fehlern

/[ˈfeːlɐn]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,558

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

Fehlern is aGermannoun. It means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Fehler Pronounced [ˈfeːlɐn]. It ranks #8,558 in German word frequency. Often confused with fühlen and feiern.

Key facts for Fehlern
PropertyValue
HeadwordFehlern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfeːlɐn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,558
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Fehlern is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfeːlɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,558 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Fehler".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fehlern, with forms such as "efhlern", "fehelrn", and "fehhlern". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "fühlen", "feiern", "Feuern", 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 Fehlern, spelled F-E-H-L-E-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Fehler

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efhlern,fehelrn,fehhlern,fehlenr,fehlernn,fehlerrn,fehllern,fehlren,felhern,ffehlern,fhelern

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Fehlern

Misspelling Variants of "Fehlern"

efhlern7fehelrn7fehhlern8fehlenr7fehlernn8fehlerrn8fehllern8fehlren7
Misspelling Variants of "Fehlern"

Frequency rank: #8,558 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Fehlern"?
"Fehlern" is spelled F-E-H-L-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfeːlɐn].
What does "Fehlern" mean?
As a noun, "Fehlern" means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Fehler
What words are commonly confused with "Fehlern"?
"Fehlern" is commonly confused with "fühlen", "feiern", "Feuern". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Fehlern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fehlern" is [ˈfeːlɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fehlern" come from?
"Fehlern" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.