Fußkettchen
[ˈfuːsˌkɛtçən]
The verdict
“Fußkettchen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kettchen, das um das Fußgelenk gelegt als Schmuck getragen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-fu-kettchen · Fußkettchen · German
Fußkettchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fußkettchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfuːsˌkɛtçən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fußkettchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fußkettchen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfuːsˌkɛtçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kettchen, das um das Fußgelenk gelegt als Schmuck getragen wird".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Fußkettchen, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Fußkettchen, spelled F-U-S-S-K-E-T-T-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Kettchen, das um das Fußgelenk gelegt als Schmuck getragen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Fußkettchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zu ihren Flipflops trägt Hannah gern Fußkettchen.
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This word in other languages
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.