Felle
[ˈfɛlə]
The verdict
“Felle” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #31,039 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #31,039
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Fell
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 | Felle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛlə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #31,039 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Felle” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Felle is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɛlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,039 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Felle, with forms such as "eflle", "felel", and "ffelle". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "full", "Fels", "file", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Felle, spelled F-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Fell
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Fell
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Fell
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Fell
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eflle,felel,ffelle,flele
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Felle - 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 “Felle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-E-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfɛlə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “full” - see the side-by-side comparison. Felle vs full
- 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.