Feuern
[ˈfɔɪ̯ɐn]
The verdict
“Feuern” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #18,239 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,239
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Feuer
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 | Feuern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔɪ̯ɐn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #18,239 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Feuern” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Feuern is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɔɪ̯ɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,239 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Feuer".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Feuern, with forms such as "efuern", "feeurn", and "feuenr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fürn", "fever", "freuen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Feuern, spelled F-E-U-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Feuer
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: efuern,feeurn,feuenr,feuernn,feuerrn,feuren,ffeuern,fueern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Feuern - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Feuern”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-E-U-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfɔɪ̯ɐn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fürn” - see the side-by-side comparison. Feuern vs fürn
- 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.