Fell

[fɛl]

/[fɛl]/ noun

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The verdict

“Fell” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #8,708) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#8,708
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die behaarte Haut eines Tieres

Corpus desk

Index DE-fell · Fell · German

Fell · rank #8,708 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,708
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH ewigen

Nearest frequency peer: ewigen (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Fell“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „Fell“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Fell vs fl
25% similar
Fell vs fly
25% similar
Fell vs fol
25% similar

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

Key facts for Fell
PropertyValue
HeadwordFell
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛl]
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,708
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Fell“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Fellliegt auf dieser Marke:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „ewigen“ (#8,707), „Fetten“ (#8,709), „etablieren“ (#8,706). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Fell“ bei #8,708. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Fell is neighbouring look-alikes ("fl", "fly", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [fɛl]. Frequency #8,708 among 3,474 “F” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fell, with forms such as "efll", "fel", and "ffell". 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, "fl", "fly", "fol", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Fell, spelled F-E-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    die behaarte Haut eines Tieres
  2. 2
    die abgezogene und gegerbte Haut eines Tieres

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Fell appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sie kraulte ihm das Fell.
  2. „‚Das letzte Kind hat Fell‘ ist ein unter Tierärzten verbreiteter Spruch, das lässt sich auch an den populärsten Namen für Katzen und Hunde ablesen.“

Synonyms

PelzTierfell

This word in other languages

fur(English)piel(Español)fourrure(Français)pelo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efll
  • fel
  • ffell
  • flel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fell - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

efll2fel1ffell1flel2
Edit distance from "Fell"

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 "Fell"?
"Fell" is spelled F-E-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛl].
What does "Fell" mean?
As a noun, "Fell" means: die behaarte Haut eines Tieres
What words are commonly confused with "Fell"?
"Fell" is commonly confused with "fl", "fly", "fol". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Fell"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fell" is [fɛl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fell" come from?
"Fell" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Darm#8,695Krim#8,741Löwe#8,752Maut#8,753

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list