FIDE
The verdict
“FIDE” is uncommon German (frequency #50,460 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,460
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fédération Internationale des Échecs: Internationaler Schachverband
Corpus desk
Index DE-fide · FIDE · German
FIDE · rank #50,460 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,460
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH fertiggestell…
Nearest frequency peer: fertiggestellten (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “FIDE”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Felsbrocken
Felsbrocken
49,544 corpus weight
- Fernbeziehu…
Fernbeziehung
49,543 corpus weight
- fertiggeste…
fertiggestellten
49,542 corpus weight
- FIDE
FIDE
49,541 corpus weight
- fieberhaft
fieberhaft
49,540 corpus weight
- Filmprodukt…
Filmproduktion
49,539 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “FIDE” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | FIDE |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,460 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “FIDE” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
FIDE is uncommon German at frequency #50,460 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fédération Internationale des Échecs: Internationaler Schachverband".
No misspelling variants are generated for FIDE in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 FIDE, spelled F-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Fédération Internationale des Échecs: Internationaler Schachverband
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "FIDE", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.