filzen
[ˈfɪlt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“filzen” is uncommon German (frequency #58,770 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,770
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus Filz bestehend, hergestellt
Corpus desk
Index DE-filzen · filzen · German
filzen · rank #58,770 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,770
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Filmfestspiele
Nearest frequency peer: Filmfestspiele (-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 „filzen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- fiktives
fiktives
41,233 corpus weight
- Filmfestspi…
Filmfestspiele
41,232 corpus weight
- filzen
filzen
41,231 corpus weight
- Finalist
Finalist
41,230 corpus weight
- firefly
firefly
41,229 corpus weight
- Firmennamen
Firmennamen
41,228 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „filzen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | filzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfɪlt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,770 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „filzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
filzen is uncommon German at frequency #58,770 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfɪlt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus Filz bestehend, hergestellt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for filzen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 filzen, spelled F-I-L-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1aus Filz bestehend, hergestellt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how filzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tanja trägt gern ihre filzenen Pantoffeln.
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.
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