feucht

[fɔɪ̯çt]

/[fɔɪ̯çt]/ adj

The verdict

“feucht” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,466 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#7,466
frequency rank, German
6
letters
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mit ein wenig Wasser (seltener mit einer anderen Flüssigkeit)

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

feucht vs Fuchs
50% similar
feucht vs Fluch
50% similar
feucht vs Flucht
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for feucht
PropertyValue
Headwordfeucht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fɔɪ̯çt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,466
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “feucht” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). feucht lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for feucht is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɔɪ̯çt]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,466 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mit ein wenig Wasser (seltener mit einer anderen Flüssigkeit)".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for feucht, with forms such as "efucht", "fecuht", and "feuccht". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Fuchs", "Fluch", "Flucht", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is feucht, spelled F-E-U-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit ein wenig Wasser (seltener mit einer anderen Flüssigkeit)

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efucht,fecuht,feuccht,feuchht,feuchtt,feucth,feuhct,ffeucht,fuecht

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of feucht - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

efucht2fecuht2feuccht1feuchht1feuchtt1feucth2feuhct2ffeucht1
Edit distance from "feucht"

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 "feucht"?
"feucht" is spelled F-E-U-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɔɪ̯çt].
What does "feucht" mean?
As an adjective, "feucht" means: mit ein wenig Wasser (seltener mit einer anderen Flüssigkeit)
What words are commonly confused with "feucht"?
"feucht" is commonly confused with "Fuchs", "Fluch", "Flucht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "feucht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feucht" is [fɔɪ̯çt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "feucht" come from?
"feucht" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “feucht”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is F-E-U-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [fɔɪ̯çt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “Fuchs” - see the side-by-side comparison. feucht vs Fuchs
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list