Filiale
[fiˈli̯aːlə]
The verdict
“Filiale” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,467 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,467
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Geschäft, das der gleichen Firma gehört und im Verbund mit mehreren Läden besteht
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Filiale |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fiˈli̯aːlə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,467 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Filiale” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Filiale is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fiˈli̯aːlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,467 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Geschäft, das der gleichen Firma gehört und im Verbund mit mehreren Läden besteht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Filiale, with forms such as "ffiliale", "fiilale", and "filaile". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Finale", "Filialen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Filiale, spelled F-I-L-I-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Geschäft, das der gleichen Firma gehört und im Verbund mit mehreren Läden besteht
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffiliale,fiilale,filaile,filiael,filialle,fililae,filliale,fliiale,ifliale
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Filiale - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Filiale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-I-L-I-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fiˈli̯aːlə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Finale” - see the side-by-side comparison. Filiale vs Finale
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.