Fenchel

[ˈfɛnçl̩]

/[ˈfɛnçl̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Fenchel” is uncommon German (frequency #54,513 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,513
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gemüse-, Gewürz- und Heilpflanze aus der Familie der Doldenblütler

Corpus desk

Index DE-fenchel · Fenchel · German

Fenchel · rank #54,513 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,513
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fehlentwicklu…

Nearest frequency peer: Fehlentwicklungen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Fenchel“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fenchel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fenchel
PropertyValue
HeadwordFenchel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɛnçl̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,513
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Fenchel“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Fenchelfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Fehlentwicklungen“ (#54,512), „Faktencheck“ (#54,511), „ferngesteuert“ (#54,515). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Fenchel“ bei #54,513. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fenchel is uncommon German at frequency #54,513 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛnçl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gemüse-, Gewürz- und Heilpflanze aus der Familie der Doldenblütler".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Fenchel in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Fenchel, spelled F-E-N-C-H-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gemüse-, Gewürz- und Heilpflanze aus der Familie der Doldenblütler

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Man kann Fenchel auch in Salaten verwenden oder als Gemüsebeilage servieren.
  2. „Gegen Blähungen helfen zum Beispiel Fenchel oder Anis.“

Synonyms

BrotsamenFenisFrauenfenchelFenikelFoeniculum vulgare

This word in other languages

fennel(English)hinojo(Español)fenouil(Français)funcho(Português)

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 "Fenchel"?
"Fenchel" is spelled F-E-N-C-H-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛnçl̩].
What does "Fenchel" mean?
As a noun, "Fenchel" means: Gemüse-, Gewürz- und Heilpflanze aus der Familie der Doldenblütler
How do you pronounce "Fenchel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fenchel" is [ˈfɛnçl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fenchel" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fiebern#54,519evident#54,504Finland#54,522Galiläa#54,540

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list