Fuß
[fuːs]
The verdict
“Fuß” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein paariger Körperteil beim Menschen und höher entwickelten Spezies, unterer Teil des Beines
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fuß |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fuːs] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fuß” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Fuß is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fuːs]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Fuß, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Fuß, spelled F-U-S-S.
Definition
- 1ein paariger Körperteil beim Menschen und höher entwickelten Spezies, unterer Teil des Beines
- 2das gesamte Bein, die Extremität zum Laufen und Stehen
- 3unterer tragender Teil von aufragenden, aufrecht stehenden Dingen, Gegenständen
- 4veraltetes beziehungsweise noch heute im angloamerikanischen Raum verwendetes Längenmaß, etwa 30 Zentimeter
- 5Versfuß
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Fuß”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-U-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fuːs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.