Fensterbrett
[ˈfɛnstɐˌbʁɛt]
The verdict
“Fensterbrett” is uncommon German (frequency #55,314 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,314
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ablagefläche aus Holz, Metall, Stein oder Ähnlichem, die innen oder außen am unteren Ende eines Fensters angebracht ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fensterbrett |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛnstɐˌbʁɛt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #55,314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fensterbrett” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Fensterbrett is uncommon German at frequency #55,314 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛnstɐˌbʁɛt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ablagefläche aus Holz, Metall, Stein oder Ähnlichem, die innen oder außen am unteren Ende eines Fensters angebracht ist".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Fensterbrett, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Fensterbrett, spelled F-E-N-S-T-E-R-B-R-E-T-T.
Definition
- 1Ablagefläche aus Holz, Metall, Stein oder Ähnlichem, die innen oder außen am unteren Ende eines Fensters angebracht ist
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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 “Fensterbrett”
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- The one correct German spelling is F-E-N-S-T-E-R-B-R-E-T-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.