feierlich
[ˈfaɪ̯ɐˌlɪç]
The verdict
“feierlich” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #12,281 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #12,281
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in der Art und Weise einer Feier, auf eine Feier bezogen; mit festlicher Stimmung oder Ausstattung
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | feierlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfaɪ̯ɐˌlɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #12,281 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “feierlich” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for feierlich is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfaɪ̯ɐˌlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,281 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "in der Art und Weise einer Feier, auf eine Feier bezogen; mit festlicher Stimmung oder Ausstattung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for feierlich, with forms such as "efierlich", "feeirlich", and "feielrich". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "friedlich", "feindlich", "feierliche", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 feierlich, spelled F-E-I-E-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1in der Art und Weise einer Feier, auf eine Feier bezogen; mit festlicher Stimmung oder Ausstattung
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: efierlich,feeirlich,feielrich,feierilch,feierlcih,feierlicch,feierlichh,feierlihc,feierllich,feierrlich,feirelich,ffeierlich,fieerlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of feierlich - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “feierlich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-E-I-E-R-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfaɪ̯ɐˌlɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “friedlich” - see the side-by-side comparison. feierlich vs friedlich
- 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.