Fettuccine
[fɛtʊˈt͡ʃiːnə]
The verdict
“Fettuccine” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bandnudeln aus Ei und Mehl, die es in verschiedenen Farben gibt und die oft mit Soße oder Ragout gegessen werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-fettuccine · Fettuccine · German
Fettuccine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fettuccine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛtʊˈt͡ʃiːnə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fettuccine“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fettuccine is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛtʊˈt͡ʃiːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bandnudeln aus Ei und Mehl, die es in verschiedenen Farben gibt und die oft mit Soße oder Ragout gegessen werden".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Fettuccine, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Fettuccine, spelled F-E-T-T-U-C-C-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Bandnudeln aus Ei und Mehl, die es in verschiedenen Farben gibt und die oft mit Soße oder Ragout gegessen werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fettuccine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich esse jetzt einen Teller Fettuccine.
Zunächst werden die Fettuccine gekocht und dann mit Ragù alla bolognese serviert.
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.