feuchten
[ˈfɔɪ̯çtn̩]
The verdict
“feuchten” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,653. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,653
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas feucht machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-feuchten · feuchten · German
feuchten · rank #10,653 · 12 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,653
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fetisch
Nearest frequency peer: Fetisch (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „feuchten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- face
face
89,351 corpus weight
- Feiertage
Feiertage
89,350 corpus weight
- Fetisch
Fetisch
89,349 corpus weight
- feuchten
feuchten
89,348 corpus weight
- flair
flair
89,347 corpus weight
- flexibel
flexibel
89,346 corpus weight
What this shows „feuchten“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | feuchten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɔɪ̯çtn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,653 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „feuchten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around feuchten (IPA [ˈfɔɪ̯çtn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,653 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for feuchten, with forms such as "efuchten", "fecuhten", and "feucchten". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Früchte", "fluchen", "Fichten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is feuchten, spelled F-E-U-C-H-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas feucht machen
- 2Feuchtigkeit abgeben
- 3feucht werden
- 4urinieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how feuchten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als er den Briefumschlag mit der Zunge feuchtete, hielt er plötzlich inne und starrte vor sich hin.
… der Herr Gemahl mußte sich so manches Mal mit trockenem Zwieback begnügen, den er mit schlichtem Quellwasser feuchtete – seine Eheliebste schwelgte derweile in einem wahren Überfluß von Gottesgaben; …
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efuchten
- fecuhten
- feucchten
- feuchetn
- feuchhten
- feuchtenn
- feuchtne
- feuchtten
- feucthen
- feuhcten
- ffeuchten
- fuechten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of feuchten - 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 "feuchten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).