Fehlhandlung
[ˈfeːlˌhandlʊŋ]
The verdict
“Fehlhandlung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Fehlleistung
Corpus desk
Index DE-fehlhandlung · Fehlhandlung · German
Fehlhandlung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fehlhandlung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfeːlˌhandlʊŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fehlhandlung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Fehlhandlung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfeːlˌhandlʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Fehlhandlung in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Fehlhandlung, spelled F-E-H-L-H-A-N-D-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1eine Fehlleistung
- 2Ursache für das Auftreten eines Fehlerzustandes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fehlhandlung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ohne Strafen kann Erziehung nicht auskommen; Kinder können noch nicht gefestigte Charaktere sein und folgen daher oft Trieben, die sie zu Fehlhandlungen verleiten. Deshalb müssen sie durch St. gehemmt werden.“
„Fehlhandlungen eines Partners, die diesem verhängnisvoll werden könnten, da sie dem Ritual zuwider laufen, »darf« der andere nicht ausnutzen.“
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