Feigheit
[ˈfaɪ̯khaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Feigheit” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #27,719 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,719
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - feige Eigenschaft: Angst, Scheu vor jeder Gefahr, jedem Risiko
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 | Feigheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaɪ̯khaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Feigheit” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Feigheit is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfaɪ̯khaɪ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,719 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "feige Eigenschaft: Angst, Scheu vor jeder Gefahr, jedem Risiko".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Feigheit, with forms such as "efigheit", "fegiheit", and "feigehit". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Freiheit", 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Feigheit, spelled F-E-I-G-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1feige Eigenschaft: Angst, Scheu vor jeder Gefahr, jedem Risiko
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: efigheit,fegiheit,feigehit,feiggheit,feigheitt,feigheti,feighheit,feighiet,feihgeit,ffeigheit,fiegheit,fieghiet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Feigheit - 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 “Feigheit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-E-I-G-H-E-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfaɪ̯khaɪ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Freiheit” - see the side-by-side comparison. Feigheit vs Freiheit
- 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.