flehte

[ˈfleːtə]

/[ˈfleːtə]/ verb

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The verdict

“flehte” is uncommon German (frequency #52,847 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,847
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-flehte · flehte · German

flehte · rank #52,847 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,847
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Flamen

Nearest frequency peer: Flamen (-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 „flehte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for flehte
PropertyValue
Headwordflehte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfleːtə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#52,847
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „flehte“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).flehtefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Flamen“ (#52,846), „Fleischkonsum“ (#52,848), „Fischarten“ (#52,845). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „flehte“ bei #52,847. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flehte is uncommon German at frequency #52,847 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfleːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for flehte, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is flehte, spelled F-L-E-H-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs flehen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs flehen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs flehen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum 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 "flehte"?
"flehte" is spelled F-L-E-H-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfleːtə].
What does "flehte" mean?
As a verb, "flehte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs flehen
How do you pronounce "flehte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flehte" is [ˈfleːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flehte" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Flamen#52,846feurig#52,839Fallon#52,832Garaus#52,868

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list