Fuchtel

[ˈfʊxtl̩]

/[ˈfʊxtl̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Fuchtel” is uncommon German (frequency #73,507 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,507
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - breiter Degen

Corpus desk

Index DE-fuchtel · Fuchtel · German

Fuchtel · rank #73,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,507
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Frühphase

Nearest frequency peer: Frühphase (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Fuchtel“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fuchtel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fuchtel
PropertyValue
HeadwordFuchtel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfʊxtl̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,507
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Fuchtel“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Fuchtelfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Frühphase“ (#73,506), „funkel“ (#73,508), „frostig“ (#73,505). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Fuchtel“ bei #73,507. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fuchtel is uncommon German at frequency #73,507 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʊxtl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Fuchtel, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 Fuchtel, spelled F-U-C-H-T-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    breiter Degen
  2. 2
    Bevormundung, Herrschaft
  3. 3
    Bevormundung, Herrschaft
  4. 4
    Bevormundung, Herrschaft
  5. 5
    zänkische Frau, herrschsüchtige Frau
  6. 6
    Fackel
  7. 7
    Fächer

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Mutig und unerschrocken, wie er war, ergriff er seine Fuchtel und fing an, im Dunkel wütend um sich zu hauen; […]“
  2. „Der Draufgänger und Lebenskünstler wurde unter ihrer Fuchtel – und der ihrer Mutter – offenbar zum zahmen Pantoffelhelden.“

This word in other languages

rapière(Français)

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 "Fuchtel"?
"Fuchtel" is spelled F-U-C-H-T-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʊxtl̩].
What does "Fuchtel" mean?
As a noun, "Fuchtel" means: breiter Degen
How do you pronounce "Fuchtel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fuchtel" is [ˈfʊxtl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fuchtel" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

frostig#73,505Formosa#73,501flössen#73,499Gehalte#73,524

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list