fesselte
[ˈfɛsl̩tə]
The verdict
“fesselte” is uncommon German (frequency #54,517 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,517
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fesseln
Corpus desk
Index DE-fesselte · fesselte · German
fesselte · rank #54,517 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,517
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH Fernsehserien
Nearest frequency peer: Fernsehserien (-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 “fesselte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ferngesteue…
ferngesteuert
45,486 corpus weight
- Fernsehseri…
Fernsehserien
45,485 corpus weight
- fesselte
fesselte
45,484 corpus weight
- Feta
Feta
45,483 corpus weight
- Fiebern
Fiebern
45,482 corpus weight
- Finanzbehör…
Finanzbehörden
45,481 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “fesselte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fesselte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɛsl̩tə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,517 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fesselte” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fesselte is uncommon German at frequency #54,517 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɛsl̩tə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fesselte, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is fesselte, spelled F-E-S-S-E-L-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fesseln
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fesseln
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fesseln
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fesseln
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 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.