fehlgriff
[ˈfeːlˌɡʁɪf]
The verdict
“fehlgriff” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs fehlgreifen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fehlgriff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfeːlˌɡʁɪf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fehlgriff” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for fehlgriff is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfeːlˌɡʁɪf]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fehlgriff, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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. The correct German form is fehlgriff, spelled F-E-H-L-G-R-I-F-F.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs fehlgreifen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs fehlgreifen
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.
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Using “fehlgriff”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-E-H-L-G-R-I-F-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfeːlˌɡʁɪf] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.