folgerte
[ˈfɔlɡɐtə]
The verdict
“folgerte” is uncommon German (frequency #82,759 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,759
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs folgern
Corpus desk
Index DE-folgerte · folgerte · German
folgerte · rank #82,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,759
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH folks
Nearest frequency peer: folks (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “folgerte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fischte
fischte
17,246 corpus weight
- fleischige
fleischige
17,245 corpus weight
- Fliegern
Fliegern
17,244 corpus weight
- folgerte
folgerte
17,242 corpus weight
- folks
folks
17,241 corpus weight
- freisetzt
freisetzt
17,237 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “folgerte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | folgerte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɔlɡɐtə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “folgerte” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
folgerte is uncommon German at frequency #82,759 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɔlɡɐtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for folgerte, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is folgerte, spelled F-O-L-G-E-R-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs folgern
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs folgern
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs folgern
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs folgern
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "folgerte", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.