Föhn
[føːn]
The verdict
“Föhn” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,595. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,595
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an steileren Gebirgshängen absteigende, trockene und klare Luftmassen mit relativ hoher Temperatur
Corpus desk
Index DE-fohn · Föhn · German
Föhn · rank #33,595 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,595
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fährte
Nearest frequency peer: Fährte (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Föhn“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Frauenarzt
Frauenarzt
66,409 corpus weight
- Fundamental…
Fundamentalisten
66,408 corpus weight
- Fährte
Fährte
66,407 corpus weight
- Föhn
Föhn
66,406 corpus weight
- gangs
gangs
66,405 corpus weight
- garantiere
garantiere
66,404 corpus weight
What this shows „Föhn“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Föhn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [føːn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #33,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Föhn“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Föhn (IPA [føːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,595 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Föhn, with forms such as "fföhn", "fhön", and "föhhn". 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, "for", "fox", "fun", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Föhn, spelled F-Ö-H-N.
Definition
- 1an steileren Gebirgshängen absteigende, trockene und klare Luftmassen mit relativ hoher Temperatur
- 2elektrisches Gerät zum Haaretrocknen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Föhn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als sich der Föhn legte, waren ihre starken Kopfschmerzen schlagartig verschwunden.
„Im Flugsport kann sich z.B. eine Ordalsituation andeuten, wenn ein Pilot auf seinen Gerät- und Startcheck verzichtet, wenn ein Paragleiter bei Föhn oder aufziehender Gewitterfront einen Flug wagt, wenn ein Drachenflieger in ein Wolkenfenster startet, […].“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fföhn
- fhön
- föhhn
- föhnn
- fönh
- öfhn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Föhn - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Föhn", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).