feschen

[ˈfɛʃn̩]

/[ˈfɛʃn̩]/ adj

The verdict

“feschen” is uncommon German (frequency #85,223 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,223
frequency rank, German
45,736
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fesch

Corpus desk

Index DE-feschen · feschen · German

feschen · rank #85,223 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,223
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 45,736
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fertigungsver…

Nearest frequency peer: Fertigungsverfahren (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “feschen”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “feschen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for feschen
PropertyValue
Headwordfeschen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈfɛʃn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#85,223
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “feschen” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). feschen lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

feschen is uncommon German at frequency #85,223 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfɛʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for feschen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is feschen, spelled F-E-S-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fesch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fesch
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fesch
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fesch
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fesch
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fesch
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fesch
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fesch
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fesch
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fesch
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fesch
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fesch

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "feschen"?
"feschen" is spelled F-E-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛʃn̩].
What does "feschen" mean?
As an adjective, "feschen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fesch
How do you pronounce "feschen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feschen" is [ˈfɛʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "feschen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list