fey

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The verdict

“fey” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #43,868) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#43,868
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (aus dem schottischen) todgeweiht

Corpus desk

Index DE-fey · fey · German

fey · rank #43,868 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,868
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH fickst

Nearest frequency peer: fickst (+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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „fey“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „fey“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

fey vs fi
33% similar
fey vs FH
0% similar
fey vs fl
33% similar

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

Key facts for fey
PropertyValue
Headwordfey
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#43,868
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „fey“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.feyliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „fickst“ (#43,869), „Feminist“ (#43,866), „Filmgeschichte“ (#43,870). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fey“ bei #43,868. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for fey is neighbouring look-alikes ("fi", "FH", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced […]. Frequency #43,868 among 3,474 “F” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

fey doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fi", "FH", "fl", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is fey, spelled F-E-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    (aus dem schottischen) todgeweiht
  2. 2
    übermütig
  3. 3
    übersinnlich

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 "fey"?
"fey" is spelled F-E-Y. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "fey" mean?
As an adjective, "fey" means: (aus dem schottischen) todgeweiht
What words are commonly confused with "fey"?
"fey" is commonly confused with "fi", "FH", "fl". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fey"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fey" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fey" come from?
"fey" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fon#43,878gad#43,892Enz#43,842idF#43,983

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list