Fiasko
[fiˈasko]
The verdict
“Fiasko” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,041. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,041
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Misserfolg, Reinfall, soziale oder wirtschaftliche Katastrophe
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fiasko |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fiˈasko] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #31,041 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fiasko” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Fiasko (IPA [fiˈasko]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,041 among 45,736 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Misserfolg, Reinfall, soziale oder wirtschaftliche Katastrophe".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fiasko, with forms such as "faisko", "ffiasko", and "fiakso". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Fiasko, spelled F-I-A-S-K-O.
Definition
- 1Misserfolg, Reinfall, soziale oder wirtschaftliche Katastrophe
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- faisko
- ffiasko
- fiakso
- fiaskko
- fiasok
- fiassko
- fisako
- ifasko
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fiasko - 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 “Fiasko”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-I-A-S-K-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fiˈasko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.