fetzige

[ˈfɛt͡sɪɡə]

/[ˈfɛt͡sɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“fetzige” is uncommon German (frequency #99,783 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,783
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fetzig

Corpus desk

Index DE-fetzige · fetzige · German

fetzige · rank #99,783 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,783
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH fettiges

Nearest frequency peer: fettiges (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „fetzige“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fetzige“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fetzige
PropertyValue
Headwordfetzige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈfɛt͡sɪɡə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#99,783
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fetzige“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).fetzigefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „fettiges“ (#99,782), „Feuchtwangen“ (#99,784), „feststellst“ (#99,781). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fetzige“ bei #99,783. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fetzige is uncommon German at frequency #99,783 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfɛt͡sɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fetzige, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is fetzige, spelled F-E-T-Z-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fetzig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fetzig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fetzig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fetzig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fetzig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fetzig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fetzig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fetzig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fetzig

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 "fetzige"?
"fetzige" is spelled F-E-T-Z-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛt͡sɪɡə].
What does "fetzige" mean?
As an adjective, "fetzige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fetzig
How do you pronounce "fetzige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fetzige" is [ˈfɛt͡sɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fetzige" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Favelas#99,769famosen#99,767Fridays#99,820Ganymed#99,836

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list