Fez

[feːs]

/[feːs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Fez” is uncommon German (frequency #72,405 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,405
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - orientalische Kopfbedeckung

Corpus desk

Index DE-fez · Fez · German

Fez · rank #72,405 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,405
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Feuerzeuge

Nearest frequency peer: Feuerzeuge (-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 „Fez“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fez
PropertyValue
HeadwordFez
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[feːs]
Letters3
Frequency rank#72,405
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Fez“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Fezfällt 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: „Feuerzeuge“ (#72,404), „Filmer“ (#72,407), „Filmförderung“ (#72,408). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Fez“ bei #72,405. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fez is uncommon German at frequency #72,405 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [feːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "orientalische Kopfbedeckung".

No misspelling variants are generated for Fez in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Fez, spelled F-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    orientalische Kopfbedeckung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Fez appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Mich störten damals - und stören allerdings auch heute noch - die Kopfbedeckungen der unbekannten Leute, die waren eine Mischung zwischen Fez und Turban und schienen aus irgendwelchen türkischen Kriegen zu stammen.“
  2. „Nun kam einer, der mir gefiel, ein Effendi mit dunkelgrünem Tarbusch auf dem Kopf, dem osmanischen Fez.“

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 "Fez"?
"Fez" is spelled F-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [feːs].
What does "Fez" mean?
As a noun, "Fez" means: orientalische Kopfbedeckung
How do you pronounce "Fez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fez" is [feːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fez" come from?
"Fez" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Ebe#72,323cla#72,275ici#72,560ism#72,573

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list