flexibel

/[flɛˈksiːbl̩]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,655

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

flexibel is anGermanadj. It means: die Eigenschaft besitzend, sich leicht mechanisch verändern zu lassen Pronounced [flɛˈksiːbl̩]. Often confused with flexible and flexibler.

Key facts for flexibel
PropertyValue
Headwordflexibel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[flɛˈksiːbl̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,655
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of flexibel in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for flexibel is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [flɛˈksiːbl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,655 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for flexibel, with forms such as "felxibel", "fflexibel", and "fleixbel". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "flexible", "flexibler", "flexiblen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is flexibel, spelled F-L-E-X-I-B-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Eigenschaft besitzend, sich leicht mechanisch verändern zu lassen
  2. 2
    die Fähigkeit besitzend, sich auf geänderte Anforderungen und Gegebenheiten der Umwelt einstellen zu können
  3. 3
    die Eigenschaft besitzend, flektiert werden zu können

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: felxibel,fflexibel,fleixbel,flexbiel,flexibbel,flexibell,flexiebl,flexxibel,fllexibel,flxeibel,lfexibel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for flexibel

Misspelling Variants of "flexibel"

felxibel8fflexibel9fleixbel8flexbiel8flexibbel9flexibell9flexiebl8flexxibel9
Misspelling Variants of "flexibel"

Frequency rank: #10,655 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flexibel"?
"flexibel" is spelled F-L-E-X-I-B-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [flɛˈksiːbl̩].
What does "flexibel" mean?
As an adj, "flexibel" means: die Eigenschaft besitzend, sich leicht mechanisch verändern zu lassen
What words are commonly confused with "flexibel"?
"flexibel" is commonly confused with "flexible", "flexibler", "flexiblen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flexibel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flexibel" is [flɛˈksiːbl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flexibel" come from?
"flexibel" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.