filia

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The verdict

“filia” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
5
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-filia · filia · German

filia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for filia
PropertyValue
Headwordfilia
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „filia“ im Deutschen

filialiegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

filia is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tochter".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for filia, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is filia, spelled F-I-L-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tochter

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „sancta puer Saturni filia regina“ (Andr. poet. 12)
  2. „novem Iovis concordes filiae sorores“ (Naev. poet. 1)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "filia"?
"filia" is spelled F-I-L-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "filia" mean?
As a noun, "filia" means: Tochter
How do you pronounce "filia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "filia" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "filia" come from?
"filia" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list