fehlleiten
[ˈfeːlˌlaɪ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“fehlleiten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf den falschen Weg schicken
Corpus desk
Index DE-fehlleiten · fehlleiten · German
fehlleiten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | fehlleiten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfeːlˌlaɪ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fehlleiten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fehlleiten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfeːlˌlaɪ̯tn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for fehlleiten in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is fehlleiten, spelled F-E-H-L-L-E-I-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1auf den falschen Weg schicken
- 2eine falsche Entwicklung nehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fehlleiten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wird ein Paket fehlgeleitet, so muß sofort festgestellt werden, wo sich die Sendung befindet.“
„Wo die Bindung an das Zwischenmenschliche fehlt, werden Menschen in ihrer Entwicklung fehlgeleitet, weil der Leitende keine Identifikationsangebote macht.“
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.