Fesselballon
[ˈfɛsl̩baˌlɔŋ]
The verdict
“Fesselballon” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mit dem Erdboden durch ein Drahtseil verbundener Ballon, der zu wissenschaftlichen oder militärischen Erkundungen genutzt wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fesselballon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛsl̩baˌlɔŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fesselballon” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Fesselballon is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɛsl̩baˌlɔŋ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mit dem Erdboden durch ein Drahtseil verbundener Ballon, der zu wissenschaftlichen oder militärischen Erkundungen genutzt wird".
No misspelling variants are generated for Fesselballon in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Fesselballon, spelled F-E-S-S-E-L-B-A-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1mit dem Erdboden durch ein Drahtseil verbundener Ballon, der zu wissenschaftlichen oder militärischen Erkundungen genutzt wird
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.
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Using “Fesselballon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-E-S-S-E-L-B-A-L-L-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfɛsl̩baˌlɔŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.