flöten
[ˈfløːtn̩]
The verdict
“flöten” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,253. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,253
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - flötenähnliche Töne hervorbringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-floten · flöten · German
flöten · rank #21,253 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,253
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH Finanzministe…
Nearest frequency peer: Finanzministerium (-2 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 “flöten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Fettsäuren
Fettsäuren
78,752 corpus weight
- finance
finance
78,751 corpus weight
- Finanzminis…
Finanzministerium
78,750 corpus weight
- flöten
flöten
78,748 corpus weight
- forscht
forscht
78,746 corpus weight
- Frauchen
Frauchen
78,745 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “flöten” 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 | flöten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfløːtn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #21,253 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flöten” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around flöten (IPA [ˈfløːtn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,253 among 45,736 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for flöten, with forms such as "fflöten", "fllöten", and "fltöen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Foren", "flott", "Flotte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is flöten, spelled F-L-Ö-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1flötenähnliche Töne hervorbringen
- 2pfeifen
- 3in hohen Tönen jemandem etwas erzählen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fflöten
- fllöten
- fltöen
- flöetn
- flötenn
- flötne
- flötten
- fölten
- lföten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flöten - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "flöten", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.