feiner

Name: feiner, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈfaɪ̯nɐ]

/[ˈfaɪ̯nɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“feiner” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,426. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,426
frequency rank, German: 3,474
“F” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs fein

Corpus desk

Index DE-feiner · feiner · German

feiner · rank #11,426 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #11,426
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 3,474
PHOTO-FINISH Feige

Nearest frequency peer: Feige (-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.

erregt

88,578
fairen

88,577
Feige

88,576
feiner

88,575
fertiggeste…

88,574
fesseln

88,573

What this shows „feiner“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

feiner vs fine

67% similar

feiner vs Feuer

50% similar

feiner vs Ferne

50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for feiner
Property	Value
Headword	feiner
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈfaɪ̯nɐ]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#11,426
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „feiner“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).feinerliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#11,426

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Feige“ (#11,425), „fertiggestellt“ (#11,427), „fairen“ (#11,424). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „feiner“ bei #11,426. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around feiner (IPA [ˈfaɪ̯nɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,426 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for feiner, with forms such as "efiner", "feinerr", and "feinner". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fine", "Feuer", "Ferne", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is feiner, spelled F-E-I-N-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs fein
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs fein
3
Dativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs fein
4
Genitiv Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs fein
5
Nominativ Singular Positiv Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs fein

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

efiner
feinerr
feinner
feinre
fenier
ffeiner
fiener

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of feiner - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "feiner"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "feiner"?

"feiner" is spelled F-E-I-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaɪ̯nɐ].

What does "feiner" mean?

As an adjective, "feiner" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs fein

What words are commonly confused with "feiner"?

"feiner" is commonly confused with "fine", "Feuer", "Ferne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "feiner"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feiner" is [ˈfaɪ̯nɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "feiner" come from?

"feiner" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "feiner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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