fella
[ˈfɛlə]
The verdict
“fella” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Typ, Kerl
Corpus desk
Index DE-fella · fella · German
fella · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fella |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛlə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fella“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fella is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Typ, Kerl".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fella, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is fella, spelled F-E-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Typ, Kerl
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fella appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hey fella, can you help me?
Antonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.