fili

[ɸíːlíː]

/[ɸíːlíː]/ noun

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The verdict

“fili” is uncommon German (frequency #92,894 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,894
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - offene Landschaft; Feld, Fläche

Corpus desk

Index DE-fili · fili · German

fili · rank #92,894 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,894
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Finalistinnen

Nearest frequency peer: Finalistinnen (+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 „fili“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fili
PropertyValue
Headwordfili
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɸíːlíː]
Letters4
Frequency rank#92,894
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fili“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.filifällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Finalistinnen“ (#92,895), „Fiesling“ (#92,892), „Fingerfood“ (#92,896). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fili“ bei #92,894. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fili is uncommon German at frequency #92,894 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɸíːlíː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "offene Landschaft; Feld, Fläche".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fili, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is fili, spelled F-I-L-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    offene Landschaft; Feld, Fläche

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 "fili"?
"fili" is spelled F-I-L-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ɸíːlíː].
What does "fili" mean?
As a noun, "fili" means: offene Landschaft; Feld, Fläche
How do you pronounce "fili"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fili" is [ɸíːlíː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fili" come from?
"fili" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Flöz#92,903clam#92,744Ikon#93,096Isen#93,113

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list