fet

[fet]

/[fet]/ verb

The verdict

“fet” is uncommon German (frequency #68,211 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,211
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt Maskulinum Singular des Verbs fer

Corpus desk

Index DE-fet · fet · German

fet · rank #68,211 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,211
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH festgebunden

Nearest frequency peer: festgebunden (-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 “fet”

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

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “fet” 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 September 3, 2026
Key facts for fet
PropertyValue
Headwordfet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fet]
Letters3
Frequency rank#68,211
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “fet” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.fetliegt hier:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „festgebunden“ (#68,210), „feu“ (#68,212), „fesche“ (#68,209). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fet is uncommon German at frequency #68,211 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fet]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt Maskulinum Singular des Verbs fer".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fet, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is fet, spelled F-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt Maskulinum Singular des Verbs fer

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fet"?
"fet" is spelled F-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fet].
What does "fet" mean?
As a verb, "fet" means: Partizip Perfekt Maskulinum Singular des Verbs fer
How do you pronounce "fet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fet" is [fet]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fet" come from?
"fet" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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