flehe

[ˈfleːə]

/[ˈfleːə]/ verb

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The verdict

“flehe” is uncommon German (frequency #75,639 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,639
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs flehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-flehe · flehe · German

flehe · rank #75,639 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,639
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH flauschigen

Nearest frequency peer: flauschigen (-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 „flehe“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „flehe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for flehe
PropertyValue
Headwordflehe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfleːə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#75,639
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „flehe“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).flehefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „flauschigen“ (#75,638), „Fleischproduktion“ (#75,640), „flankieren“ (#75,637). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „flehe“ bei #75,639. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flehe is uncommon German at frequency #75,639 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfleːə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

flehe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is flehe, spelled F-L-E-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs flehen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs flehen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs flehen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs flehen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flehe"?
"flehe" is spelled F-L-E-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfleːə].
What does "flehe" mean?
As a verb, "flehe" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs flehen
How do you pronounce "flehe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flehe" is [ˈfleːə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flehe" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "flehe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

flock#75,645festo#75,629furzt#75,663Gagen#75,667

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list