Fehlstart
[ˈfeːlˌʃtaʁt]
The verdict
“Fehlstart” is uncommon German (frequency #58,759 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,759
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sport, Rennen: nicht regelkonformer (meist vorzeitiger) Start
Corpus desk
Index DE-fehlstart · Fehlstart · German
Fehlstart · rank #58,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,759
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH femmes
Nearest frequency peer: femmes (+2 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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Fehlstart“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Faxe
Faxe
41,245 corpus weight
- Fehlstart
Fehlstart
41,242 corpus weight
- femmes
femmes
41,240 corpus weight
- Fernsehfilm
Fernsehfilm
41,239 corpus weight
- fertigzuste…
fertigzustellen
41,238 corpus weight
- feststehende
feststehende
41,237 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fehlstart“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fehlstart |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfeːlˌʃtaʁt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fehlstart“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fehlstart is uncommon German at frequency #58,759 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfeːlˌʃtaʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Fehlstart has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Fehlstart, spelled F-E-H-L-S-T-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1Sport, Rennen: nicht regelkonformer (meist vorzeitiger) Start
- 2missglückter Anfang
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fehlstart appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach dem dritten Fehlstart wurde die Läuferin disqualifiziert.
„Zu häufig wurden Fehlstarts provoziert, um die Gegner zu verunsichern, zu oft verzögerte sich der Ablauf.“
This word in other languages
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.
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