fertil
[fɛʁˈtiːl]
The verdict
“fertil” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fruchtbar, fortpflanzungsfähig
Corpus desk
Index DE-fertil · fertil · German
fertil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | fertil |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛʁˈtiːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fertil“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fertil is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛʁˈtiːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fruchtbar, fortpflanzungsfähig".
Zero misspellings are on record for fertil in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is fertil, spelled F-E-R-T-I-L.
Definition
- 1fruchtbar, fortpflanzungsfähig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fertil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pferd und Esel können keine fertilen Nachkommen zeugen, gehören also unterschiedlichen biologischen Arten an.
Schachtelhalme haben meistens sterile und fertile Sprosse.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.