Filzstift
[ˈfɪlt͡sˌʃtɪft]
The verdict
“Filzstift” is uncommon German (frequency #96,979 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,979
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Stift, dessen Spitze aus Filz besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-filzstift · Filzstift · German
Filzstift · rank #96,979 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,979
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH Filmriss
Nearest frequency peer: Filmriss (-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 “Filzstift”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Fiji
Fiji
3,024 corpus weight
- Filmriss
Filmriss
3,023 corpus weight
- Filzstift
Filzstift
3,022 corpus weight
- Finanzamts
Finanzamts
3,021 corpus weight
- Finanzfragen
Finanzfragen
3,020 corpus weight
- Firmengründ…
Firmengründers
3,019 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Filzstift” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Filzstift |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɪlt͡sˌʃtɪft] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Filzstift” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Filzstift is uncommon German at frequency #96,979 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɪlt͡sˌʃtɪft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Stift, dessen Spitze aus Filz besteht".
Zero misspellings are on record for Filzstift in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Filzstift, spelled F-I-L-Z-S-T-I-F-T.
Definition
- 1ein Stift, dessen Spitze aus Filz besteht
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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Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Filzstift", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 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.