Flaute
[ˈflaʊ̯tə]
The verdict
“Flaute” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,875. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,875
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Moment beziehungsweise Situation, in der kein Wind herrscht
Corpus desk
Index DE-flaute · Flaute · German
Flaute · rank #43,875 · 8 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,875
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Flamingo
Nearest frequency peer: Flamingo (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Flaute“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Firmenwagen
Firmenwagen
56,129 corpus weight
- Fjord
Fjord
56,128 corpus weight
- Flamingo
Flamingo
56,127 corpus weight
- Flaute
Flaute
56,126 corpus weight
- fliegender
fliegender
56,125 corpus weight
- fluid
fluid
56,124 corpus weight
What this shows „Flaute“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Flaute |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflaʊ̯tə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #43,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Flaute“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Flaute (IPA [ˈflaʊ̯tə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,875 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Flaute, with forms such as "falute", "fflaute", and "flatue". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Flut", "Flüge", "Flöte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Flaute, spelled F-L-A-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1Moment beziehungsweise Situation, in der kein Wind herrscht
- 2geringe Nachfrage
- 3Stimmungstief, Motivationsschwäche
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Flaute appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf Grund der Flaute, konnte das Segelschiff nicht auslaufen.
„Die Rückreise dauerte wegen häufiger Flauten und Gegenwind 66 Tage.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- falute
- fflaute
- flatue
- flauet
- flautte
- fllaute
- fluate
- lfaute
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Flaute - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Flaute", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).