Fette
[ˈfɛtə]
The verdict
“Fette” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #5,944) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #5,944
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Fett
Corpus desk
Index DE-fette · Fette · German
Fette · rank #5,944 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,944
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Ferdinand
Nearest frequency peer: Ferdinand (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Fette“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- erwerben
erwerben
94,060 corpus weight
- Felder
Felder
94,059 corpus weight
- Ferdinand
Ferdinand
94,058 corpus weight
- Fette
Fette
94,057 corpus weight
- Filter
Filter
94,056 corpus weight
- Flotte
Flotte
94,055 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „Fette“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fette |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛtə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,944 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Fette“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Fette is neighbouring look-alikes ("Fotze", "fügte", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈfɛtə]. Frequency #5,944 among 3,474 “F” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fette, with forms such as "eftte", "fetet", and "ffette". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Fotze", "fügte", "Flöte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Fette, spelled F-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Fett
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Fett
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Fett
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Fett
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eftte
- fetet
- ffette
- ftete
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fette - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Fette", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).