fèmur
[ˈfɛmuɾ]
The verdict
“fèmur” 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) - der Oberschenkelknochen, der Oberschenkel, das Schenkelbein
Corpus desk
Index DE-femur · fèmur · German
fèmur · 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 | fèmur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛmuɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fèmur“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fèmur is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛmuɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Oberschenkelknochen, der Oberschenkel, das Schenkelbein".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fèmur, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is fèmur, spelled F-È-M-U-R.
Definition
- 1der Oberschenkelknochen, der Oberschenkel, das Schenkelbein
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.