Fotze
[ˈfɔt͡sə]
The verdict
“Fotze” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,711 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,711
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weibliches Geschlechtsorgan (Vulva)
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 | Fotze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔt͡sə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fotze” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Fotze is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɔt͡sə]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,711 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fotze, with forms such as "ffotze", "fotez", and "fottze". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "fotzen", "Fratze", "foto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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. The correct German form is Fotze, spelled F-O-T-Z-E.
Definition
- 1weibliches Geschlechtsorgan (Vulva)
- 2ein vulgäres Schimpfwort für eine Frau
- 3für Maul beziehungsweise Mund
- 4Ohrfeige; in der Einzahl mundartlich auch die Fotzen, der Fotzen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffotze,fotez,fottze,fotzze,fozte,ftoze,oftze
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fotze - 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.
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Using “Fotze”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-O-T-Z-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfɔt͡sə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fotzen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Fotze vs fotzen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.