Fleck
[flɛk]
The verdict
“Fleck” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,916. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,916
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stelle, die verschmutzt (und schlecht^([1])) ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-fleck · Fleck · German
Fleck · rank #7,916 · 8 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,916
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Feststellung
Nearest frequency peer: Feststellung (-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 “Fleck”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Erwähnung
Erwähnung
92,088 corpus weight
- ewige
ewige
92,087 corpus weight
- Feststellung
Feststellung
92,086 corpus weight
- Fleck
Fleck
92,085 corpus weight
- fotografier…
fotografieren
92,084 corpus weight
- Fächer
Fächer
92,083 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Fleck” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Fleck |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [flɛk] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,916 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Fleck” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Fleck (IPA [flɛk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,916 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fleck, with forms such as "felck", "ffleck", and "flcek". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "fuck", "flex", "fler", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Fleck, spelled F-L-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1Stelle, die verschmutzt (und schlecht^([1])) ist
- 2Stelle, die andersfarbig ist
- 3bestimmter Ort oder Stelle
- 4zum Verzehr gedachte Streifen aus dem Vormagen von Wiederkäuern
- 5die Schulnote 5 (nicht genügend)
- 6ein (rundes oder eckiges) Stück Material, oft auch für Verbesserungen/Reparaturen verwendet, oft auch auf Speisen anwendbar (siehe Wortbildungen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fleck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mein Kleid hat einen Fleck und muss zur Reinigung/gewaschen werden.
„Er konnte die Flecken erkennen, wo der Verputz abgefallen war.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- felck
- ffleck
- flcek
- flecck
- fleckk
- flekc
- flleck
- lfeck
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fleck - 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 "Fleck", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Fleck". Here's where to go from here.
- "Fleck" maps to 15 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "fuck". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,916 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.