feinstem
[ˈfaɪ̯nstəm]
The verdict
“feinstem” is uncommon German (frequency #79,145 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,145
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs fein
Corpus desk
Index DE-feinstem · feinstem · German
feinstem · rank #79,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,145
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH Feldforschung
Nearest frequency peer: Feldforschung (+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 “feinstem”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fare
fare
20,859 corpus weight
- Fatwa
Fatwa
20,858 corpus weight
- feinstem
feinstem
20,856 corpus weight
- Feldforschu…
Feldforschung
20,855 corpus weight
- Feldstärke
Feldstärke
20,854 corpus weight
- Fentanyl
Fentanyl
20,853 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “feinstem” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | feinstem |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfaɪ̯nstəm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “feinstem” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
feinstem is uncommon German at frequency #79,145 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfaɪ̯nstəm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for feinstem, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is feinstem, spelled F-E-I-N-S-T-E-M.
Definition
- 1Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs fein
- 2Dativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs fein
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 "feinstem", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.