Feige
[ˈfaɪ̯ɡə]
The verdict
“Feige” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,425. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,425
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - essbare, süße, fleischige Frucht des Feigenbaums
Corpus desk
Index DE-feige · Feige · German
Feige · rank #11,425 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,425
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH fairen
Nearest frequency peer: fairen (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Feige”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- entsprechen…
entsprechendes
88,579 corpus weight
- erregt
erregt
88,578 corpus weight
- fairen
fairen
88,577 corpus weight
- Feige
Feige
88,576 corpus weight
- feiner
feiner
88,575 corpus weight
- fertiggeste…
fertiggestellt
88,574 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Feige” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Feige |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaɪ̯ɡə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,425 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Feige” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Feige (IPA [ˈfaɪ̯ɡə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,425 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Feige, with forms such as "efige", "fegie", and "feieg". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fein", "fire", "five", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 Feige, spelled F-E-I-G-E.
Definition
- 1essbare, süße, fleischige Frucht des Feigenbaums
- 2tropischer Baum oder Strauch aus der Gattung Ficus in der Familie der Maulbeergewächse
- 3Vertreter der Gattung Ficus
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Feige appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als Trockenfrucht in der Weihnachtszeit ist die Feige allen wohlbekannt.
„Wir tobten über die Hänge, kletterten auf Bäume, pflückten Maulbeeren, Brombeeren, Feigen und was sonst noch alles wuchs, und spielten Picknick.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efige
- fegie
- feieg
- feigge
- ffeige
- fiege
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Feige - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Feige", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Feige". Here's where to go from here.
- "Feige" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "fein". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #11,425 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.