food

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The verdict

“food” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,045. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,045
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jede Substanz die von Menschen, Pflanzen oder Tieren aufgenommen wird, um das Überleben und das Wachstum zu ermöglichen, Nahrung

Corpus desk

Index DE-food · food · German

food · rank #7,045 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,045
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ferrari

Nearest frequency peer: Ferrari (-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 „food“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „food“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

food vs for
50% similar
food vs FPÖ
0% similar
food vs fox
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for food
PropertyValue
Headwordfood
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,045
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „food“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).foodliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Ferrari“ (#7,044), „France“ (#7,046), „faz“ (#7,043). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „food“ bei #7,045. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around food (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,045 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for food, with forms such as "ffood", "fod", and "fodo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "for", "FPÖ", "fox", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented 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 food, spelled F-O-O-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    jede Substanz die von Menschen, Pflanzen oder Tieren aufgenommen wird, um das Überleben und das Wachstum zu ermöglichen, Nahrung
  2. 2
    die feste Substanz zu [1]
  3. 3
    spezielle Art Essen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how food appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. frozen food - Gefrorenes Essen

Synonyms

alimentnutrimentnutritionsustenancebreadnourishmentmeatprovisionsvictualsviandsdietregimenrationsboardfarecheercommonspabulumsubsistencefeedfodderforageprovender

This word in other languages

comida(Español)aliment(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffood
  • fod
  • fodo
  • foodd
  • ofod

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of food - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ffood1fod1fodo2foodd1ofod2
Edit distance from "food"

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 "food"?
"food" is spelled F-O-O-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "food" mean?
As a noun, "food" means: jede Substanz die von Menschen, Pflanzen oder Tieren aufgenommen wird, um das Überleben und das Wachstum zu ermöglichen, Nahrung
What words are commonly confused with "food"?
"food" is commonly confused with "for", "FPÖ", "fox". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "food"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "food" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "food" come from?
"food" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fred#7,047doku#7,031here#7,066Nils#7,088

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

Roma5 variantsTrio5 variantsrufe5 variantsLaute5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list